Shloka 24
Kuntī’s Retrospective Uddharṣaṇa and Renunciatory Resolve (कुन्त्युद्धर्षण-प्रत्याख्यानम्)
इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि आश्रमवासपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरादिधृतराष्ट्रसमागमे चतुर्विशो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi āśramavāsaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirādi-dhṛtarāṣṭra-samāgame caturviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
یوں شری مہابھارت کے آشرم واسک پَرو میں، آشرم واس پَرو کے ضمن میں یُدھشٹھِر وغیرہ کی دھرتراشٹر سے ملاقات کے بیان پر مشتمل چوبیسواں ادھیائے ختم ہوا۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but through framing: it marks a narrative unit centered on meeting and reconciliation after catastrophe. The ethical emphasis is on restraint, honoring elders and kin, and moving toward renunciation and inner discipline after the destructive consequences of war.
This line closes the chapter by stating its scope: the meeting (samāgama) of Yudhiṣṭhira and others with Dhṛtarāṣṭra within the Āśramavāsika Parva. It functions as a formal end-of-chapter marker in the text.