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
如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》森林篇（Vana Parva）中——尤其在叙述与尼瓦塔迦瓦查（Nivātakavaca）之战、阿周那相会之章段里——第一百六十五章至此终了。此为正式结语（跋语），以明其在法（dharma）之旅中的位置。
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.