Shloka 289

Kuntī–Sūrya-saṃvāda: Autonomy, Reputation, and the Promise of Karṇa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि श्रीरामोपाख्यानपर्वणि इन्द्रजिद्वथे एकोननवत्यधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi śrīrāmopākhyānaparvaṇi indrajid-vadhe ekonanavatyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section known as the Śrī Rāma-Upākhyāna, in the episode concerning the slaying of Indrajit, ends the two-hundred-and-ninety-first chapter. (This is a colophon marking the close of the chapter rather than a spoken narrative verse.)

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• श्रीरामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Śrī-Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the Rāma narrative)
• श्रीरामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीरामोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• इन्द्रजिद्वथे: in (the chapter/section) ‘the slaying of Indrajit’
• इन्द्रजिद्वथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रजिद्वथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकोननवत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the 291st (two-hundredth plus ninety minus one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोननवत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Śrī Rāma-Upākhyāna
• Indrajit

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it teaches no direct moral by itself, but it frames the text as a sacred, carefully organized tradition, reminding the reader that the Rāma narrative is embedded within the Mahābhārata as an instructive exemplum of dharma and righteous struggle.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes: the text signals that the current adhyāya—within the Rāma-Upākhyāna of the Vana Parva—has ended, specifically the chapter themed around the slaying of Indrajit.