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Shloka 275

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Consolation to the King: Exempla of Rāma and the Efficacy of Allies (मार्कण्डेयाश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि रावणादिवरप्राप्तौ पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें रवण आदिको वरप्राप्तिविषयक दो सौ पचहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi rāvaṇādivaraprāptau pañcasaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ke-275 dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Vana Parva, dalam bagian Rāmopākhyāna, mengenai perolehan anugerah (boon) oleh Rāvaṇa dan yang lainnya.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

रामोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the Rāma narrative)

रावणादिवरप्राप्तौin (the topic of) the obtaining of boons by Rāvaṇa and others

पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-seventy-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna

Rāvaṇa

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon closes an episode about boons: even divinely granted power does not override dharma. When ambition and arrogance govern one’s use of gifts, the very boons that elevate a person can become instruments of downfall.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter colophon stating that, within the Vana Parva’s Rāmopākhyāna section, the chapter dealing with Rāvaṇa and others obtaining boons has concluded (counted here as the 275th chapter).