Shloka 208
Tīrtha-Sevana and the Cursed Apsaras
Grāha-Encounter at Saubhadra Tīrtha
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि विदुरागमनराज्यलम्भपर्वणि सुन्दोपसुन्दोपाख्यानेडष्टाधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत विदुरागमनराज्यलम्भपर्वमें युन्दोपयुन्दोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ आठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi vidurāgamanarājyalambhaparvaṇi sundopasundopākhyāne aṣṭādhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
ดังนี้ บทที่ ๒๐๘ แห่งอาทิปัรวะในศรีมหาภารตะ ภายใต้ตอน “การมาถึงของวิทุระและการได้มาซึ่งราชอาณาจักร” ในอนุเรื่อง “ตำนานสุนทะและอุปสุนทะ” ได้สิ้นสุดลง
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a didactic śloka: its function is to mark textual closure and locate the episode within the epic’s architecture. Indirectly, it reinforces the Mahābhārata’s ethical method—stories (ākhyānas) are framed, concluded, and preserved as units through which dharma and human conduct are contemplated.
The narrative action is not advanced here; the line formally announces that the chapter has ended. It identifies the book (Ādi Parva), the internal section (Vidura’s arrival and attainment of the kingdom), and the embedded tale (Sunda and Upasunda), indicating that this chapter completes that installment.