Shloka 277

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि रामवनाभिगमने सप्तसप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi rāmavanābhigamane saptasaptatyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section known as the Rāmopākhyāna, the chapter describing Rāma’s approach to the forest—Chapter 277.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-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

• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the Rāma narrative)
• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रामवनाभिगमने: in (the chapter/section on) Rāma's going to the forest
• रामवनाभिगमने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामवनाभिगमन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त

• सप्तत्यधिक: exceeding seventy (i.e., seventy-seven)
• सप्तत्यधिक: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तति + अधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: the two-hundredth
• द्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

(श्रीरम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Rāmopākhyāna
• Rāma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; its ethical resonance lies in situating the Rāmopākhyāna within the Mahābhārata’s dharma-discourse, where Rāma’s forest-going is remembered as an exemplar of duty, restraint, and fidelity to righteous obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not a spoken verse of dialogue but an editorial/recitational closure: it announces that the chapter on Rāma’s approach to (or entry into) the forest has concluded within the Vana Parva’s Rāmopākhyāna section.