Shloka 278
Sāvitrī’s Trirātra-Vrata and Departure with Satyavān (सावित्रीव्रतनिश्चयः सहगमनं च)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें मारीचवध तथा सीताहरणविषयक दो सौ अठद्धत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata-rāmopākhyāna-parvaṇi mārīca-vadha tathā sītā-haraṇa-viṣayaka dvi-śata-aṣṭā-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Así concluye el capítulo 278 de la sección Rāmopākhyāna, contenida en el Vana Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, relativo a la muerte de Mārīca y al rapto de Sītā. Esta fórmula de cierre señala la culminación formal de este tramo narrativo y subraya cómo el engaño y el deseo pueden precipitar un grave adharma, mientras que el sufrimiento subsiguiente se vuelve la consecuencia moral que enmarca los deberes y respuestas posteriores.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the line chiefly signals completion, but it also frames the ethical arc of the episode: adharma enacted through deceit and unlawful desire (leading to Sītā’s abduction) sets in motion suffering and the later necessity of righteous response.
This is the formal closing statement for the chapter in the Rāmopākhyāna within Vana Parva, indicating that the chapter’s subject matter was Mārīca’s slaying and the abduction of Sītā, and that the chapter has concluded.