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Shloka 262

Jatāyu’s Resistance, Sītā’s Traces, Kabandha’s Release, and the Path to Sugrīva (Āraṇyaka-parva 263)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि दुर्वासउपाख्याने द्विषष्ट्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi draupadīharaṇaparvaṇi durvāsopākhyāne dviṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي، في «شري مهابهارتا»، ضمن «فانا بارفا»—وخاصة في القسم المتعلّق بمحاولة اختطاف دروبدي—هذا الفصل من حادثة دورفاسا، وهو الفصل الثاني والستون بعد المئتين. ويعلن التذييل ختام وحدةٍ سردية، مؤطّرًا مغزاها الأخلاقي في ضبط النفس، وواجب إكرام الضيف (atithi-dharma)، وحماية المستضعفين حتى في المنفى والشدة.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणिin the Draupadī-haraṇa-parvan (section on Draupadī’s abduction)

दुर्वासउपाख्यानेin the narrative (upākhyāna) of Durvāsas

द्विषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-sixty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Draupadī

Durvāsā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse chiefly teaches how the epic frames moral instruction through clearly bounded episodes: it highlights that the Durvāsā narrative is to be read within the ethical concerns of exile—especially dharma expressed as self-control, proper conduct toward guests, and safeguarding Draupadī from harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is not a spoken action-verse but an editorial/narrative closure: it announces the end of the Durvāsā episode within the Draupadī-haraṇa section of the Vana Parva and identifies the chapter count (262nd) for that unit.