Shloka 70
Rathaghoṣa–Saṃjñāna: Damayantī’s Inference and the Dispatch of the Envoy (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 71)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत नलोपाख्यानपर्वमें दमयन्तीके पुनः स्वयंवरकी चचसि सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला सत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-nalopākhyānaparvaṇi damayantyāḥ punaḥ svayaṃvarasya ca saṃbandhaṃ rakṣaṇavat saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Sa gayon nagwakas ang ikapitumpung kabanata ng salaysay ni Nala (Nalopākhyāna) sa loob ng Vana Parva ng banal na Mahābhārata, hinggil sa mga pangyayaring kaugnay ng ikalawang svayaṃvara ni Damayantī.
बृहदश्च उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the verse chiefly signals completion, but it also frames the episode’s ethical focus: Damayantī’s steadfastness and rightful agency in choosing, and the importance of preserving a coherent, truthful account (saṃbandha) of events that bear on dharma.
This is the formal closing statement for the chapter: it declares that the seventieth chapter of the Nalopākhyāna within the Vana Parva—connected with Damayantī’s second svayaṃvara—has ended, preparing the listener for the next portion of the story.