Shloka 297

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणि सावितरयुपाख्याने सप्तनवत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi pativratāmāhātmyaparvaṇi sāvitaryupākhyāne saptanavatyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo doscientos noventa y siete del Vana Parva del venerable Mahābhārata, en la sección que ensalza la grandeza de las esposas fieles (pativratā), dentro del episodio de Sāvitrī.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: in the venerable/auspicious (work)
• श्री: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Locative, 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

• पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the greatness of devoted wives
• पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सावित्र्युपाख्याने: in the episode (upākhyāna) of Sāvitrī
• सावित्र्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्र्युपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तनवत्यधिकद्वधिशततमः: the two-hundred-and-ninety-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तनवत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Pativratā-māhātmya (section)
• Sāvitrī (episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals the conclusion of a chapter within the Sāvitrī episode, framed as a celebration of pativratā-dharma—steadfast fidelity and moral resolve—presented as a powerful expression of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal closing formula (iti … adhyāyaḥ) marking the end of a chapter in the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, specifically within the ‘Pativratā-māhātmya’ section and the embedded tale of Sāvitrī, spoken in the larger frame by Mārkaṇḍeya.