Shloka 276

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें वानर आदिकी उत्पत्तिये सम्बन्धित दो सौ छिद्वत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antar-gata-rāmopākhyāna-parva-meṁ vānara-ādikī utpatti-se sambandhita dvi-śata-ṣaḍ-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل السادس والسبعون بعد المئتين من قسم «راموباخيانا» ضمن «فانا پرفا» من «شري مهابهاراتا»، المتعلّق بأصل القِرَدة (الفانارا) وما يتصل بهم من الكائنات. وتشير خاتمة السرد إلى اكتمال هذه الوحدة الموضوعية، وتؤطّر الحكاية بوصفها مثالًا تعليميًا في الخطاب الأخلاقي للملحمة.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतMahābhārata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan (forest book)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained within

रामोपाख्यानपर्वin the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the Rāma narrative)

वानरof monkeys/vanaras

आदिand others; etc.

उत्पत्तयेfor (the topic of) origin/creation

सम्बन्धितrelated/connected

द्विशतtwo-hundredth

षट्six

सप्ततितमःseventieth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna (Rāmopākhyāna-parva)

Vānara (monkeys)

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?

As a colophon-like closing, the verse emphasizes textual and thematic completion: the epic presents the origin of the vānara hosts as part of a purposeful moral narrative, reminding readers that such accounts function as instructive exempla within the Mahābhārata’s dharma-centered discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the conclusion of a chapter in the Rāmopākhyāna section of the Vana Parva, specifically the chapter connected with the origin of monkeys and related beings; it serves as an editorial/narrative closure rather than advancing plot events.