Shloka 123
Āstravidyā-Pradarśana: The Kuru Princes’ Public Demonstration of Arms (आस्त्रविद्या-प्रदर्शनम्)
इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि पाण्डवोत्पत्तौ त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi pāṇḍavotpattau trayoviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะอันเคารพยิ่ง ภายในอาทิปรวะ—คือสัมภวปรวะ—บทที่ ๑๒๓ ว่าด้วยการประสูติและกำเนิดของเหล่าปาณฑพ ยุติลง.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s structured transmission: events are preserved and organized by parva and adhyāya, and the Pāṇḍavas’ origin is treated as a foundational theme for later ethical and political developments.
The narrator’s voice marks the close of a chapter in the Sambhava Parva dealing with the Pāṇḍavas’ birth/origin; it is a formal end-of-chapter statement rather than a new narrative event.