Shloka 165
समुद्रदर्शनं दैत्यपुरोपगमनं च
Ocean Vision and Approach to the Daitya City
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वण्यर्जुनसमागमे पज्चषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nivātakavacayuddhaparvaṇy arjunasamāgame pañcaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Vana Parva—lalo na sa bahaging tumatalakay sa digmaan laban sa Nivātakavaca, sa salaysay ng pakikipagtagpo ni Arjuna—nagtatapos ang ika-165 na kabanata. Ito ang pormal na pangwakas (colophon) na naglalagay sa salaysay sa balangkas ng dharma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode within a dharmic narrative. The implied ethical emphasis is that righteous purpose, steadfast courage, and disciplined effort—especially during hardship like exile—are integral to the hero’s path and to the restoration of dharma.
This line marks the close of a chapter in the Vana Parva, identifying it as part of the Nivātakavaca battle section and connected with Arjuna’s encounter (samāgama). It functions as an editorial/narrative marker indicating where this unit of the story ends within the larger Mahābhārata.