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Shloka 299

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणि सावितरयुपाख्याने नवनवत्यधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वमें सावित्री- उपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ निन्‍यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi pativratāmāhātmyaparvaṇi sāvitrī-upākhyāne nava-navaty-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ويختم فايشَمبايانا: «وهكذا، في المهابهاراتا، ضمن كتاب الغابة (فانا بارفا)، في القسم الذي يمجّد عظمة الزوجات الملتزمات بالعفّة والوفاء (pativratā)، تنتهي حكاية سافيتري—وذلك هو الفصل التاسع والتسعون بعد المئتين.»

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

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

सावित्र्युपाख्यानेin the Savitrī episode (sub-narrative)

नवnine

नवतिninety

अधिकadditional; over and above

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Pativratā-māhātmya (section)

Sāvitrī (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?

The colophon marks the completion of the Sāvitrī episode within the glorification of pativratā-dharma, underscoring the Mahābhārata’s ethical emphasis that steadfast commitment to dharma—especially fidelity, truthfulness, and resolve—has profound moral and transformative force.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker Vaiśampāyana formally closes the chapter/episode: it is an editorial-style ending line (colophon) identifying the text (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Vana Parva), the internal section (Pativratā-māhātmya), and the specific sub-tale (Sāvitrī-upākhyāna), stating that the chapter is complete.