Shloka 300

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि सूर्यकर्णसंवादे त्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi sūryakarṇasaṃvāde triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Vana Parva, dalam bagian Kuṇḍalāharaṇa, pada dialog antara Sūrya dan Karṇa, berakhirlah bab ke-tiga ratus.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the holy Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि: in the (sub-)section called 'The Abduction/Removal of the Earrings'
• कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डलाहरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सूर्यकर्णसंवादे: in the dialogue of Surya and Karna
• सूर्यकर्णसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यकर्णसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रिशततमः: three-hundredth
• त्रिशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Kuṇḍalāharaṇa-parvan
• Sūrya
• Karṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line itself teaches by framing the episode: it highlights that the Sūrya–Karṇa dialogue belongs to the ‘taking of the earrings’ narrative, where generosity, steadfastness to one’s word, and the ethical cost of gifts given under pressure are central concerns.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing formula marking the end of the three-hundredth chapter in the Vana Parva, specifically the section about the removal/taking of Karṇa’s earrings, presented through a dialogue between Sūrya and Karṇa.