Shloka 18
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत सौप्तिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत ऐषीकपर्वमें अठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate sauptikaparvaṇi antargate aiṣīkaparvaṇi aṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sa gayon, sa kagalang-galang na Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Sauptika Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Aiṣīka—natatapos ang ikalabing-walong kabanata.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches by form—showing how the epic’s oral-aural tradition marks completion and transition, encouraging attentive listening and reflection on the preceding events before moving forward.
The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals that the eighteenth chapter of the Aiṣīka section within the Sauptika Parva has ended. It functions as a formal closure and structural marker in the text.