Shloka 303

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि पृथोपदेशे त्रयधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi pṛthopadeśe trayadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section concerning the taking of the earrings, in the episode of Pṛthā’s counsel, ends the three-hundred-and-third chapter. This closing colophon signals the completion of a narrative unit that frames events as moral instruction and as the consequences of action, especially as conveyed through Pṛthā’s guidance.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: 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

• कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि: in the 'Kundala-haraṇa' sub-parvan (episode of taking the earrings)
• कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डलाहरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पृथोपदेशे: in the instruction/advice to Pṛthā (Kuntī)
• पृथोपदेशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथोपदेश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रयधिकत्रिशततमः: three-hundred-and-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Kuṇḍalāharaṇa-parvan
• Pṛthā (Kuntī)
• kuṇḍala (earrings)