Shloka 234

दुर्योधनस्य हास्तिनपुरप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Return toward Hastinapura; Karṇa’s Consolation

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत द्रौपदीसत्यभामासंवादपर्वमें द्रौपदीद्वारा स्त्रीकर्तत्यकथनविषयक दो सौ चौंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargataṁ draupadī-satyabhāmā-saṁvāda-parvaṇi draupadyā strī-kartavya-kathana-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-catuḥtriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweihundertvierunddreißigste Kapitel des Vana Parva im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Abschnitt „Dialog zwischen Draupadī und Satyabhāmā“, in dem Draupadī die Pflichten und das angemessene Verhalten einer Frau darlegt und durch beispielhafte Rede und Rat ethische Orientierung gibt.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतMahābhārata

वनof the forest

पर्वof the book/section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

द्रौपदीof Draupadī

सत्यभामाof Satyabhāmā

संवादin the dialogue

पर्वin the sub-section (parva)

द्रौपदीby Draupadī

द्वाराthrough; by means of

स्त्रीof a woman

कर्तव्यduty; what ought to be done

कथनstatement; narration

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

द्विtwo

शतhundred

चतुस्त्रिंशत्thirty-four

अध्यायchapter

सम्पूर्णcomplete

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Draupadī

Satyabhāmā

Draupadī–Satyabhāmā Saṁvāda Parvan

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?

The chapter’s stated focus is strī-kartavya (women’s duties): an ethical framing of proper conduct, responsibility, and dharma within household and relational life, delivered through Draupadī’s counsel in a dialogue setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon-style closing line: Vaiśampāyana marks the completion of the 234th chapter within Vana Parva, specifically within the Draupadī–Satyabhāmā dialogue section, summarizing the chapter’s topic and indicating that the chapter has ended.