Shloka 270

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि द्रौपदीवाक्ये सप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi draupadīharaṇaparvaṇi draupadīvākye saptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the two-hundred-and-seventieth chapter in the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section concerning Draupadī’s abduction, in the portion presenting Draupadī’s words.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणिin the Draupadi-harana section (sub-parva)

द्रौपदीवाक्येin (the portion called) 'Draupadi's speech'

सप्तत्यधिकhaving seventy more (i.e., seventy plus)

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Draupadī

Draupadī-haraṇa (abduction episode)

Character Dynamics

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, not a doctrinal verse: it teaches by implication the importance of careful textual organization—marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the larger ethical narrative of Draupadī’s ordeal.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter within the Vana Parva, specifically within the sub-section dealing with Draupadī’s abduction, and notes that the preceding portion is framed as Draupadī’s speech.