Shloka 43
Jaratkāru’s Marital Compact and Departure (जरत्कारु–जरत्कारुणी संवादः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि तक्षकदंशे त्रिचत्वारिंशो5 ध्याय: ।। ४३ ।। इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत आस्तीकपर्वमें तक्षक-दंशनविषयक तैतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi āstīkaparvaṇi takṣakadaṃśe tricatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ || 43 ||
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि तक्षकदंशे त्रिचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ॥ ४३ ॥
तक्षक उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse itself does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the narrative as a completed unit. By highlighting “Takṣaka’s bite,” it implicitly points to the epic’s ethical concern with how harmful actions set chains of consequence in motion.
This is the chapter-ending colophon stating that the forty-third chapter of the Ādi Parva—within the Āstīka episode and focused on Takṣaka’s biting—has concluded.