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

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section known as the Rāmopākhyāna, in the episode “Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira”, ends the two-hundred-and-ninety-second chapter.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• 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 tale of Rama)
• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिराश्वासने: in (the section/chapter called) ‘Yudhiṣṭhira’s consolation’
• युधिष्ठिराश्वासने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिराश्वासन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विनवत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-ninety-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विनवत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Rāmopākhyāna
• Yudhiṣṭhira

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.