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Shloka 304

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि पृथाद्विजपरिचर्यायां चतुरधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi pṛthādvijaparicaryāyāṃ caturadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي الفصلُ السابعُ بعد الثلاثمائة من «شري المهابهارتا» في «ڤانا پرفا»، ضمن قسم «أخذ الأقراط»، ولا سيما في خبر خدمة پْرِثا لبراهمن.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the venerable/holy (as honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणिin the (sub-)section called 'The taking of the earrings'

पृथाin (the episode concerning) Pṛthā (Kuntī)

द्विजपरिचर्यायाम्in the service/attendance of the brāhmaṇa

चand

चतुरधिकत्रिशततमःthree-hundred-and-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Kuṇḍalāharaṇa-parvan

Pṛthā (Kuntī)

Dvija (brahmin)

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 chapter-ending colophon, the verse primarily teaches how the Mahābhārata frames events within dharma: episodes are remembered not only for plot, but for the ethical posture they exemplify—here, the ideal of humble service (paricaryā) and the moral weight of actions connected with loss or taking (āharaṇa).

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a spoken narrative line but a formal closing statement marking the end of the chapter. It locates the chapter within the Vana Parva, inside the Kuṇḍalāharaṇa section, and identifies the specific episode as ‘Pṛthā’s service to a brahmin,’ while numbering the chapter as the 304th in that internal count.