Shloka 250
Draupadī’s Rebuke of Jayadratha and Dhaumya’s Admonition (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 252)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत घोषयात्रापर्वमें दुर्योधनप्रायोपवेशनके प्रसंगमें कर्णवाक्यसम्बन्धी दो सौ पचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargate ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi duryodhana-prāyopaveśana-prasaṅge karṇa-vākya-sambandhī dviśatatamapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత వనపర్వాంతర్గత ఘోషయాత్రాపర్వంలో దుర్యోధన ప్రాయోపవేశ ప్రసంగంలో కర్ణవాక్య సంబంధమైన రెండువందల యాభైవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon closes an episode centered on how unchecked pride and humiliation can push a leader toward extreme, self-harming vows, and how the moral quality of counsel influences whether one turns toward restraint and dharma or toward escalation and ruin.
This is an end-of-chapter closing statement: Vaiśampāyana signals that the 250th chapter has concluded, situated in the Ghoṣa-yātrā portion of the Vana Parva, specifically during the episode of Duryodhana’s intention to undertake prāyopaveśana (fasting unto death) and in connection with Karṇa’s words.