Shloka 262

Jatāyu’s Resistance, Sītā’s Traces, Kabandha’s Release, and the Path to Sugrīva (Āraṇyaka-parva 263)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि दुर्वासउपाख्याने द्विषष्ट्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi draupadīharaṇaparvaṇi durvāsopākhyāne dviṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva—specifically in the section concerning the attempted abduction of Draupadī—this chapter of the Durvāsā episode, being the two-hundred and sixty-second chapter. The colophon closes a narrative unit, stressing restraint, hospitality (atithi-dharma), and the protection of the vulnerable even amid exile and adversity.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि: in the Draupadī-haraṇa-parvan (section on Draupadī’s abduction)
• द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदीहरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दुर्वासउपाख्याने: in the narrative (upākhyāna) of Durvāsas
• दुर्वासउपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासउपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-sixty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Draupadī
• Durvāsā