Shloka 307

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत कुण्डलाहरणपर्वमें सूर्यकृन्ती-समायमविषयक तीन सौ सातवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi sūrya-kuntī-samāgama-viṣayakaḥ trīśata-saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ke-307 dari Vana Parva Mahābhārata yang mulia, dalam bagian “Peristiwa Pengambilan Anting”, mengenai pertemuan Sūrya dan Kuntī.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणिin the Kundalāharaṇa-parvan

सूर्यकृन्तीसमागमविषयकःconcerning the meeting of Sūrya and Kuntī

त्रिशततमःthree-hundredth

सप्तमःseventh

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Kuṇḍalāharaṇa Parvan

Sūrya

Kuntī

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse itself teaches indirectly: narratives are organized into purposeful units, and the episode it closes highlights how extraordinary gifts and private choices can carry lasting ethical consequences—inviting reflection on responsibility, secrecy, and the ripple effects of actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement marking the end of the 307th chapter within Vana Parva, specifically within the Kuṇḍalāharaṇa episode, and it notes that the chapter’s subject concerned the meeting/encounter of Sūrya and Kuntī.