Shloka 306

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि सूर्याद्वाने षडधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi sūryādvāne ṣaḍadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the three-hundred-and-sixteenth chapter in the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section known as the ‘Episode of the Removal of the Earrings,’ in the sub-narrative titled ‘Sūrya’s Account.’

Word by Word

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

• श्री: glory; auspiciousness; honorific
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि: in the section called 'The taking of the earrings'
• कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डलाहरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सूर्यात्: from Sūrya (the Sun-god)
• सूर्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• द्वाने: in the (sub-)narration/episode called 'Dvān(a)' (as per colophon reading)
• द्वाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वान
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षट्: six
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

सूर्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Kuṇḍalāharaṇa-parvan
• Sūrya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to mark the close of a chapter and locate it within the Mahābhārata’s nested structure (parva, sub-parvan/episode, and speaker context).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of the chapter in the Vana Parva, specifically within the ‘Kuṇḍalāharaṇa’ episode, and notes that the preceding narration is attributed to Sūrya (the Sun-god) in the printed framing.