Shloka 42
Mātali’s Arrival and Arjuna’s Ascent toward Amarāvatī (मातलिसंयुक्तरथागमनम् तथा इन्द्रलोकगमनारम्भः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत वनपवकि अन्तर्गत इन्द्रलोकाभिगमनपर्वमें बयालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate indralokābhigamana-parvaṇi dvicatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Demikian berakhir bab keempat puluh dua dalam bahagian Indralokābhigamana, yang termasuk dalam Vana Parva bagi Mahābhārata yang agung. Ini ialah kolofon yang menandai tamatnya bab dan peralihan dalam naratif.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it teaches how the epic is traditionally organized—by parva and adhyāya—and signals closure and continuity in transmission.
No new event is narrated here; it simply announces that the forty-second chapter of the Indralokābhigamana section within the Vana Parva has concluded, preparing the reader for the next chapter.