Shloka 175
द्रौपदी-स्वयंवर-प्रारम्भः
Commencement of Draupadī’s Svayaṃvara
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि वासिष्ठे वसिष्ठ शोके पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi vāsiṣṭhe vasiṣṭhaśoke pañcasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Ādi Parva, na seção Caitraratha, no episódio referente a Vasiṣṭha—conhecido como “A dor de Vasiṣṭha”—conclui-se aqui o capítulo cento e setenta e seis.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it marks the textual boundary of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s internal divisions (Parva/Adhyāya), preserving the work’s organization for accurate study and transmission.
The narrative content is not advanced here; the text is concluding a chapter identified as the “Vasiṣṭha’s grief” episode within the Caitraratha section of the Ādi Parva.