Shloka 57
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
कुण्डलाहरणं पर्व ततः परमिहोच्यते । आरणेयं ततः पर्व वैराटं तदनन्तरम् | पाण्डवानां प्रवेशश्व॒ समयस्य च पालनम्,इसके बाद क्रमश: कुण्डलाहरण और आरणेय-पर्व कहे गये हैं। तदनन्तर विराटपर्वका आरम्भ होता है, जिसमें पाण्डवोंके नगरप्रवेश और समयपालन-सम्बन्धीपर्व हैं
kuṇḍalāharaṇaṃ parva tataḥ param ihocyate | āraṇeyaṃ tataḥ parva vairāṭaṃ tad-anantaram | pāṇḍavānāṃ praveśaś ca samayasya ca pālanam |
继之叙述名为“夺取耳环”之篇；其后为“阿兰涅耶”篇，再后为“毗罗吒”篇。在“毗罗吒”叙事中，讲述般度五子入城/入国，以及谨守所约之期限——彰显在逆境之中，严整自持与恪守誓约条件，乃支撑达摩之要柱。
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharma as disciplined adherence to agreed conditions (samaya-pālana). Even when circumstances are harsh, integrity is shown by keeping one’s pledged term and acting with restraint until the proper time is fulfilled.
The speaker is enumerating upcoming sections (parvas): first the Kuṇḍalāharaṇa episode, then the Āraṇeya (forest-related) section, and thereafter the Vairāṭa section, which includes the Pāṇḍavas’ entry and their observance of the stipulated period.