Shloka 315

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शतसाहस्रयां संहितायां वैयासिक्यां वनपर्वणि आरणेयपर्वणि अज्ञातवासमन्त्रणे पज्चदशाधिकत्रिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ vanaparvaṇi āraṇeyaparvaṇi ajñātavāsamantraṇe pañcadaśādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Ainsi, dans le saint Mahābhārata — le recueil de cent mille vers composé par Vyāsa —, au sein du Vana Parva, dans la section Āraṇeya, s’achève le chapitre consacré au conseil pour vivre incognito : le trois-cent-quinzième chapitre (c’est-à-dire le trois-cent-trentième dans le décompte global indiqué par certaines recensions).

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'iti', 'definition': 'thus

• indicating conclusion'}, {'term': 'śrīmahābhārata', 'definition': 'the revered epic Mahābhārata'}, {'term': 'śatasāhasrī saṃhitā', 'definition': 'the compendium of one hundred thousand (verses)'}, {'term': 'vaiyāsikī', 'definition': 'composed by Vyāsa

• belonging to Vyāsa'}, {'term': 'vanaparvan', 'definition': 'Vana Parva

• the Book of the Forest'}, {'term': 'āraṇeyaparvan', 'definition': 'Āraṇeya Parva

• the forest-dwelling/forest section within Vana Parva'}, {'term': 'ajñātavāsa', 'definition': 'living unknown

• incognito residence (especially the Pandavas’ concealed year)'}, {'term': 'mantraṇa', 'definition': 'counsel

• strategic consultation'}, {'term': 'adhyāya', 'definition': 'chapter'}]

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Vyāsa
• Vana Parva
• Āraṇeya Parva
• Ajñātavāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; its implied ethical focus is that prudent counsel and disciplined secrecy are legitimate supports of dharma when one must endure exile and protect a rightful cause without provoking premature conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s closing formula announces that the section dealing with deliberations about living incognito (ajñātavāsa) has ended within the Vana Parva’s Āraṇeya portion, formally concluding the chapter.