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Shloka 292

कर्णेन्द्रविनिमयः

Karna–Indra Exchange of Kavaca-Kuṇḍala for the Vāsavī-Śakti

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरा श्वासने द्विनवत्यधिकद्विशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirāśvāsane dvinavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Vana Parva, im Abschnitt namens Rāmopākhyāna, in der Episode „Trost für Yudhiṣṭhira“, das zweihundertzweiundneunzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

रामोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the tale of Rama)

युधिष्ठिराश्वासनेin (the section/chapter called) ‘Yudhiṣṭhira’s consolation’

द्विनवत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-ninety-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna

Yudhiṣṭhira

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?

This line functions as a colophon, marking the close of a chapter and situating it within the larger structure of the Mahābhārata; its ethical context is the ‘consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira’, emphasizing steadiness and reassurance amid suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals the conclusion of the chapter within the Vana Parva’s Rāmopākhyāna episode, specifically within the sub-episode concerned with consoling Yudhiṣṭhira.