Shloka 279
Sāvitrī’s Trirātra-Vrata and Departure with Satyavān (सावित्रीव्रतनिश्चयः सहगमनं च)
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि कबन्धहनने एकोनाशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi kabandhahanane ekonāśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Vana Parva, en la sección llamada Rāmopākhyāna, concluye el capítulo relativo a la muerte de Kabandha—siendo este el capítulo 279. Este colofón marca el cierre formal del episodio y subraya el arco moral del relato: los obstáculos y las deformaciones de la vida se vencen mediante el valor firme y la acción recta, despejando el camino para la siguiente etapa de la búsqueda.
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Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but by framing the episode’s ethical arc: steadfast valor and dharmic resolve remove monstrous impediments, enabling progress toward a righteous goal.
This is the chapter-ending colophon stating the textual location: in the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the Rāmopākhyāna section, the chapter on Kabandha’s slaying ends here, numbered as the 279th chapter.