Shloka 292

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

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वरें युधिष्ठिरको आश्वासनविषयक दो सौ बानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargata-rāmopākhyāna-parvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirasya āśvāsana-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-dvānavati-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ বনপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত ৰামোপাখ্যানপৰ্বত যুধিষ্ঠিৰক আশ্বাস দিয়া বিষয়ক দু’শ বাণব্বইতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan
• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• युधिष्ठिरस्य: of Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• आश्वासनविषयकः: concerning reassurance/comfort
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वासनविषयक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• द्विशतद्विनवतितमः: two-hundred-ninety-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशतद्विनवतितम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Rāmopākhyāna (episode of Rāma)
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights the didactic aim of the Rāmopākhyāna: to console Yudhiṣṭhira and reinforce dharmic endurance by recalling an exemplary story where righteousness is tested yet ultimately upheld.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter/end-of-section notice stating that, within the Vana Parva, the Rāmopākhyāna-related chapter focused on reassuring Yudhiṣṭhira has concluded.