Shloka 70
Rathaghoṣa–Saṃjñāna: Damayantī’s Inference and the Dispatch of the Envoy (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 71)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत नलोपाख्यानपर्वमें दमयन्तीके पुनः स्वयंवरकी चचसि सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला सत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-nalopākhyānaparvaṇi damayantyāḥ punaḥ svayaṃvarasya ca saṃbandhaṃ rakṣaṇavat saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் வனபர்வத்தில் உள்ள நலோபாக்யானப் பகுதியில், தமயந்தியின் மறுமுறை சுயம்வரத்துடன் தொடர்புடைய எழுபதாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது।
बृहदश्च उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the verse chiefly signals completion, but it also frames the episode’s ethical focus: Damayantī’s steadfastness and rightful agency in choosing, and the importance of preserving a coherent, truthful account (saṃbandha) of events that bear on dharma.
This is the formal closing statement for the chapter: it declares that the seventieth chapter of the Nalopākhyāna within the Vana Parva—connected with Damayantī’s second svayaṃvara—has ended, preparing the listener for the next portion of the story.