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Shloka 270

कुम्भकर्णवधः — Kumbhakarṇa’s Fall and the Renewal of the Engagement

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि द्रौपदीवाक्ये सप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi draupadīharaṇaparvaṇi draupadīvākye saptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي الفصل المئتان والسبعون من «فانا بارفا» في «المهابهارتا» المباركة، ضمن القسم المتعلّق باختطاف دروبدي، في الموضع الذي يورد كلمات دروبدي.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणिin the Draupadi-harana section (sub-parva)

द्रौपदीवाक्येin (the portion called) 'Draupadi's speech'

सप्तत्यधिकhaving seventy more (i.e., seventy plus)

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Draupadī

Draupadī-haraṇa (abduction episode)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a doctrinal verse: it teaches by implication the importance of careful textual organization—marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the larger ethical narrative of Draupadī’s ordeal.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter within the Vana Parva, specifically within the sub-section dealing with Draupadī’s abduction, and notes that the preceding portion is framed as Draupadī’s speech.