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इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि पाण्डवसेनानिर्याणे षण्णवत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi pāṇḍavasenānirayāṇe ṣaṇṇavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Eis o colofão: termina o capítulo cento e noventa e seis do Udyoga Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, na seção de Ambā (Ambopākhyāna), no ponto em que se descreve a partida do exército Pāṇḍava.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but through framing: it reminds the reader that the narrative is part of a larger moral arc in which past actions (such as the Ambā episode) and present choices (the Pāṇḍavas’ mobilization) converge toward consequences, highlighting the Mahābhārata’s recurring concern with dharma under pressure.
The verse formally closes a chapter and identifies its placement: within the Udyoga Parva, in the Ambā-related sub-narrative, at the juncture describing the Pāṇḍava army’s departure. It functions as an editorial marker rather than a spoken line advancing the plot.