Shloka 162
Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā
Indraloka-gamana
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत यक्षयुद्धपर्वमें कुबेरवाक्यविषयक एक सौ बासठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata yakṣayuddhaparvaṇi kuberavākyaviṣayaka ekaśatadvāṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Так завершается в священной «Махабхарате», в «Вана-парве», в разделе «Якша-юддха-парва», сто шестьдесят вторая глава, посвящённая речам Куберы.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic self-organizes—by clearly marking the end of a chapter and identifying its subject (Kubera’s words) and its placement within the larger narrative structure (Vana Parva → Yakṣa-yuddha section).
The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals that the chapter has concluded. It indicates that the preceding content belonged to the Yakṣa-yuddha episode within the Forest Book and that the chapter’s focus was Kubera’s speech.