Shloka 273
अरण्यकपर्व — मार्कण्डेयकथिते रामविजयः, सीताशुद्धिः, अयोध्याप्रत्यागमनवर्णनम्
Rāma’s victory, Sītā’s vindication, and return to Ayodhyā as told by Mārkaṇḍeya
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें युधिष्ठिरप्रश्नविषयक दो सौ तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antar-gate rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhira-praśna-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-tri-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ ||
এইভাবে পবিত্র মহাভারতের বনপর্বের অন্তর্গত রামোপাখ্যানপর্বে যুধিষ্ঠির-প্রশ্নবিষয়ক দুই শত তিয়াত্তরতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হল॥
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line does not add new doctrine; it frames the preceding material as a unit of ethical inquiry—Yudhiṣṭhira’s questioning—highlighting the Mahābhārata’s method of approaching dharma through reflective dialogue and exemplars.
This is the formal closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the chapter (numbered 273 within the Rāmopākhyāna section, itself within Vana Parva) has concluded, and it identifies the chapter’s focus as Yudhiṣṭhira’s questions.