Shloka 75
दमयन्ती-शपथः वायोः साक्ष्यं च
Damayantī’s Oath and Vāyu’s Testimony
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि नलोपाख्यानपर्वणि कन्यापुत्रदर्शने पडञ्चसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nalopākhyānaparvaṇi kanyāputradarśane pañcasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वातील नलोपाख्यानपर्वात ‘कन्या व पुत्राचे दर्शन/ओळख’ नामक पंच्याहत्तरावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.
बृहृदश्चव उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches textual discipline: it formally closes a chapter and preserves the structure of transmission—reminding the reader that the narrative is carefully framed, attributed, and segmented, which supports faithful remembrance and ethical reflection on the story’s lessons.
This line is not a plot event but an editorial/narrative marker: it announces that the seventy-fifth chapter of the Nalopākhyāna within the Vana Parva has concluded, under the theme of the meeting/recognition involving a maiden and a son, as narrated by Bṛhadaśva.