Shloka 48
Arjuna’s Absence, Bhīma’s Kṣātra-Dharma Appeal, and Bṛhadaśva’s Arrival
Nala-Upākhyāna Begins
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत इन्द्रलहोकाभिगमनपर्वनें धृतराष्ट्रविलापविषयक अड़तालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata indralokābhigamanaparvaṇe dhṛtarāṣṭravilāpaviṣayaka aṣṭacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత వనపర్వాంతర్గత ఇంద్రలోకాభిగమనపర్వంలో ధృతరాష్ట్ర విలాపవిషయక నలభై ఎనిమిదవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a closing colophon, the line itself does not teach a new doctrine; it signals completion of a chapter centered on Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s lament, implicitly highlighting how sorrow and regret arise from attachment, misjudgment, and the moral consequences of one’s choices within the Mahābhārata’s dharma framework.
Vaiśampāyana marks the end of the forty-eighth chapter whose subject is Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s lament, situated within the Indralokābhigamana section of the Vana Parva; it is an editorial/narrative closure statement rather than a plot event.