Shloka 278
Sāvitrī’s Trirātra-Vrata and Departure with Satyavān (सावित्रीव्रतनिश्चयः सहगमनं च)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें मारीचवध तथा सीताहरणविषयक दो सौ अठद्धत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata-rāmopākhyāna-parvaṇi mārīca-vadha tathā sītā-haraṇa-viṣayaka dvi-śata-aṣṭā-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
かくして、『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』の「森の巻（ヴァナ・パルヴァ）」に収められた「ラーモーパークヒヤーナ」中、マーリーチャ討伐とシーター略奪を語る第278章は終わった。これは当該物語区分の完結を告げる結語であり、欺きと欲望が重大なアダルマを招き、続く苦難が道徳的帰結として後の義務と応答を規定してゆくことを示している。
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the line chiefly signals completion, but it also frames the ethical arc of the episode: adharma enacted through deceit and unlawful desire (leading to Sītā’s abduction) sets in motion suffering and the later necessity of righteous response.
This is the formal closing statement for the chapter in the Rāmopākhyāna within Vana Parva, indicating that the chapter’s subject matter was Mārīca’s slaying and the abduction of Sītā, and that the chapter has concluded.