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Shloka 276

Āraṇyaka-parva Adhyāya 277 — Sāvitrī-Upākhyāna: Aśvapati’s Vows and Sāvitrī’s Birth; Search for a Suitable Husband Begins

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि वानराघ्युत्पत्तौ षट्सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi vānarāghyutpattau ṣaṭsaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Vana Parva, di bagian yang dikenal sebagai Rāmopākhyāna, pada kisah tentang asal-usul bala pasukan Vānara, berakhirlah bab ke-276.

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)

वानराघ्युत्पत्तौin (the topic of) the origin/production of the vānara-aghya

षट्सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-seventy-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna-parvan

Vānara (monkey/forest-dweller hosts)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its function is to anchor the narrative within the Mahābhārata’s ethical landscape by marking the completion of a chapter in the Rāmopākhyāna. The implied lesson is contextual—stories of Rāma told in the forest-exile setting serve to reinforce dharma, steadfastness, and righteous perseverance amid adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya’s discourse reaches a formal stopping point: the text announces that the chapter dealing with the origin of the Vānara hosts within the Rāmopākhyāna section of the Vana Parva has concluded. It is a structural marker used by the tradition to organize and authenticate the transmission of the epic.