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Shloka 275

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Consolation to the King: Exempla of Rāma and the Efficacy of Allies (मार्कण्डेयाश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि रावणादिवरप्राप्तौ पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें रवण आदिको वरप्राप्तिविषयक दो सौ पचहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi rāvaṇādivaraprāptau pañcasaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section called the Rāmopākhyāna, the 275th chapter—concerning the obtaining of boons by Rāvaṇa and others—comes to its close.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

रामोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the Rāma narrative)

रावणादिवरप्राप्तौin (the topic of) the obtaining of boons by Rāvaṇa and others

पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-seventy-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna

Rāvaṇa

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon closes an episode about boons: even divinely granted power does not override dharma. When ambition and arrogance govern one’s use of gifts, the very boons that elevate a person can become instruments of downfall.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter colophon stating that, within the Vana Parva’s Rāmopākhyāna section, the chapter dealing with Rāvaṇa and others obtaining boons has concluded (counted here as the 275th chapter).