Shloka 278
Sāvitrī’s Trirātra-Vrata and Departure with Satyavān (सावित्रीव्रतनिश्चयः सहगमनं च)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें मारीचवध तथा सीताहरणविषयक दो सौ अठद्धत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata-rāmopākhyāna-parvaṇi mārīca-vadha tathā sītā-haraṇa-viṣayaka dvi-śata-aṣṭā-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ বনপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত ৰামোপাখ্যানপৰ্বত মাৰীচবধ আৰু সীতাহৰণ-বিষয়ক দুয়িশ আঠাত্তৰতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the line chiefly signals completion, but it also frames the ethical arc of the episode: adharma enacted through deceit and unlawful desire (leading to Sītā’s abduction) sets in motion suffering and the later necessity of righteous response.
This is the formal closing statement for the chapter in the Rāmopākhyāna within Vana Parva, indicating that the chapter’s subject matter was Mārīca’s slaying and the abduction of Sītā, and that the chapter has concluded.