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Shloka 279

Sāvitrī’s Trirātra-Vrata and Departure with Satyavān (सावित्रीव्रतनिश्चयः सहगमनं च)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि कबन्धहनने एकोनाशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi kabandhahanane ekonāśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «فانا بارفا»، في القسم المعروف بـ«راموباخيانا»، يختتم الفصل المتعلق بقتل كاباندها—وهو الفصل التاسع والسبعون بعد المئتين. وتأتي هذه الخاتمة (القولوفون) لتعلن الإغلاق الرسمي للحادثة، مبرزةً قوسها الأخلاقي: فالعقبات وتشوهات الحياة تُقهر بالشجاعة الثابتة والعمل القويم، فينفتح الطريق للمرحلة التالية من السعي.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

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

कबन्धहननेin (the episode of) the slaying of Kabandha

एकोनाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe 279th (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna

Kabandha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but by framing the episode’s ethical arc: steadfast valor and dharmic resolve remove monstrous impediments, enabling progress toward a righteous goal.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon stating the textual location: in the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the Rāmopākhyāna section, the chapter on Kabandha’s slaying ends here, numbered as the 279th chapter.