Shloka 20
कद्रू-इन्द्र-स्तुतिः तथा नागानां तापनिवृत्तिः
Kadrū’s Hymn to Indra and the Nāgas’ Distress
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपववके अन्तर्गत आस्तीकपरववमें गरुडचरितविषयक बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
isa prakāra śrīmahābhārata ādiparvake antargata āstīkaparvameṃ garuḍacarita-viṣayaka bīsavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā
ดังนี้ บทที่ยี่สิบ อันว่าด้วยเรื่องราวของครุฑ ในอัสตีกปัรวะ อันอยู่ในอาทิปัรวะแห่งศรีมหาภารตะ ก็สิ้นสุดลง
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter; its implicit lesson is attentiveness to textual structure and transmission—recognizing how narratives are organized and preserved within larger ethical-historical epics like the Mahābhārata.
The narrator signals that the twentieth chapter on Garuḍa’s deeds, situated within the Āstīka section of the Ādi Parva, has concluded; it is a formal end-of-chapter notice rather than a new plot event.