Shloka 307
इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि सूर्यकुन्तीसमागमे सप्ताधिकत्रिशततमो<थध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi sūrya-kuntī-samāgame saptādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon, sa kagalang-galang na Mahābhārata, sa Vana Parva, sa bahaging “Pag-agaw sa mga Hikaw” (Kuṇḍalāharaṇa-parva), sa yugto ng pagtatagpo nina Sūrya at Kuntī, nagwakas ang ika-317 na kabanata. Ipinahihiwatig ng kolopon na ito ang pagsasara ng isang yunit ng salaysay na nagbabalangkas ng mga tanong hinggil sa dharma, lihim, at bigat na moral ng mga pagtatagpong banal at pantao.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches how the epic frames moral inquiry through structured narrative units: episodes like the Sūrya–Kuntī encounter and the Kuṇḍalāharaṇa theme foreground the ethical tension between personal duty, social consequence, and the lasting impact of choices made under extraordinary circumstances.
This line is not a plot event but an editorial/narrative closure: it marks the end of the chapter within Vana Parva, specifying that the chapter belongs to the Kuṇḍalāharaṇa section and the episode of the meeting between Sūrya and Kuntī, as recited by Vaiśampāyana.