Shloka 238
दुर्योधनस्य प्रायोपवेशः — शकुनिसान्त्वनम् तथा कृत्याह्वानम्
Duryodhana’s Fast: Śakuni’s Consolation and the Summoning of a Kṛtyā
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि घोषयात्रापर्वणि घोषयात्रामन्त्रणे अष्टात्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi ghoṣayātrāmantraṇe aṣṭātriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Assim termina, no Śrī Mahābhārata, o capítulo ducentésimo trigésimo oitavo do Vana Parva, na seção chamada “Ghoṣa-yātrā” (a expedição do gado), especificamente o episódio da deliberação e do planejamento dessa expedição—conforme declarado por Vaiśaṃpāyana.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach a new doctrine directly; it highlights the epic’s ethical emphasis that actions arise from prior counsel and intention. By formally closing the ‘deliberation’ unit, it implicitly stresses accountability in planning before undertaking consequential acts.
This line is a formal closing statement: it announces that the chapter has concluded within the Vana Parva, in the Ghoṣa-yātrā episode, specifically the section dealing with the planning of the cattle-expedition. It serves as a structural marker rather than a plot event.