Shloka 286

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि कुम्भकर्णनिर्गमने षडशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi kumbhakarṇanirgamane ṣaḍaśītyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Vana Parva, in der Nebenerzählung namens Rāmopākhyāna, im Abschnitt über das Hervortreten Kumbhakarṇas, das zweihundertsechsundachtzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Forest Book (Vana Parva)

रामोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Rama-episode section (Ramopakhyana-parvan)

कुम्भकर्णनिर्गमनेin (the section on) the coming-forth of Kumbhakarna

षडशीत्यधिकhaving an addition of eighty-six (i.e., 186th)

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna

Kumbhakarṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it frames the Rāmopākhyāna as an instructive narrative embedded in the Mahābhārata, reminding the reader that epic episodes are organized to guide reflection on dharma—especially steadfast conduct under hardship and the moral complexity of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The sentence announces the close of a chapter in the Rāmopākhyāna section, specifically the episode titled 'Kumbhakarṇa’s coming forth.' It is a formal end-of-chapter marker that locates the story within Vana Parva and identifies the chapter number.