Shloka 70
अक्षहृदय-विद्या-प्रदानम्
Transmission of Akṣa-hṛdaya; Kali’s Exit and the Bibhītaka Refuge
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि नलोपाख्यानपर्वणि दमयन्तीपुन:स्वयंवरकथने सप्ततितमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nalopākhyānaparvaṇi damayantīpunaḥsvayaṃvarakathane saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Vana Parva—especificamente na seção Nalopākhyāna—encerra-se o septuagésimo capítulo, que narra o segundo svayaṃvara de Damayantī.
बृहदश्च उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the line itself teaches by framing the episode: it highlights the ethical arc of the Nalopākhyāna—endurance through suffering, fidelity and discernment, and the eventual re-establishment of rightful order after moral testing.
This is not a spoken verse of dialogue but a concluding colophon: it announces that the seventieth chapter has ended, and identifies its subject as the narration of Damayantī’s second svayaṃvara within the Nalopākhyāna of the Vana Parva.