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Shloka 293

Araṇi Lost to the Deer: Pāṇḍavas Pursue to Preserve Agnihotra (अरणी-हरण प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणि सावितयुपाख्याने त्रिनवत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi pativratāmāhātmyaparvaṇi sāvitryupākhyāne trinavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في المهابهارتا الموقَّرة، ضمن «فانا بارفا»، في القسم الذي يثني على عظمة الزوجات العفيفات المخلصات (پتيفراتا)، في حكاية ساڤيتري، ينتهي الفصل الثالث والتسعون بعد المئتين.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the greatness of devoted wives

सावित्र्युपाख्यानेin the tale of Savitri

त्रिनवत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-ninety-third (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Pativratā-māhātmya (section)

Sāvitrī (upākhyāna)

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, the line signals the didactic intent of the surrounding narrative: the Sāvitrī episode is presented within a section that extols pativratā-dharma—steadfastness, fidelity, and ethical resolve as spiritually potent virtues.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter marker stating the textual location: in the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the Pativratā-māhātmya section, the Sāvitrī sub-tale reaches the end of the chapter (counted here as the 293rd).