Shloka 287

Pṛthā’s Atithi-Sevā and the Gift of the Deva-Āhvāna Mantra (पृथायाः अतिथिसेवा तथा देवाह्वानमन्त्रप्रदानम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि कुम्भकर्णादिवधे सप्ताशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi kumbhakarṇādivadhe saptāśītyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section known as the Rāmopākhyāna, concludes the two-hundred-and-eighty-seventh chapter, describing the slaying of Kumbhakarṇa and others. This colophon marks the completion of this narrative unit, where resistance to destructive power is framed as a necessary act to defend dharma and protect the world.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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

• कुम्भकर्णादिवधे: in (the episode of) the slaying of Kumbhakarṇa and others
• कुम्भकर्णादिवधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भकर्णादिवध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्ताशीत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-eighty-seventh (chapter)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्ताशीत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Rāmopākhyāna
• Kumbhakarṇa