Shloka 164
समुद्रदर्शनं दैत्यपुरोपगमनं च
Ocean Vision and Approach to the Daitya City
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत यक्षयुद्धपर्वमें अर्जुनाभिगमनविषयक एक सौ चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargata-yakṣayuddhaparvaṇi arjunābhigamana-viṣayaka ekaśata-catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sa gayon nagwakas ang ika-164 na kabanata ng Vana Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng bahaging Yakṣa-yuddha, na tumatalakay sa pagdating/paglapit ni Arjuna. Ito ang pormal na pangwakas (colophon) na nagtatakda ng pagtatapos ng kabanata.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic self-organizes its narrative into parvas and adhyāyas, emphasizing closure, continuity, and the contextual framing needed to interpret events ethically within the forest-exile setting.
The narrator marks the end of the chapter: the 164th adhyāya of the Vana Parva, within the Yakṣa-yuddha section, whose subject is Arjuna’s approach/arrival. It is a formal conclusion statement, not a new plot action.