Shloka 70
Āśvamedha-dīkṣā-nirdeśaḥ — Scheduling the Initiation and Assigning Protection for the Horse
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपरववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें पाण्डवोका आगमनविषयक सत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhikaparvaṇi antargate anugītāparvaṇi pāṇḍavānām āgamanaviṣayakaḥ saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Aśvamedhika Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Anugītā Parva—natapos ang ikapitumpung kabanata na tumatalakay sa pagdating ng mga Pāṇḍava. Ang linyang ito ay pormal na pangwakas (colophon), na nagmamarka ng pagsasara ng kabanata at naglalarawan ng paglipat ng salaysay mula sa aral at pagninilay pabalik sa mga tungkulin at pangyayaring haharapin ng mga Pāṇḍava sa buhay matapos ang digmaan.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it teaches indirectly by emphasizing textual order and closure—signaling that instruction and reflection (Anugītā context) are framed within dharma-guided narrative progression, and that the Pāṇḍavas’ actions are to be read as part of an ethically structured epic.
The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) formally concludes the chapter identified as the seventieth, whose topic is the arrival of the Pāṇḍavas, within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva.