Shloka 304

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनप्वके अन्तर्गत कुण्डलाहरणपर्वमें कुन्तीके द्वारा ब्राह्मणकी परिचर्याविषयक तीन सौ चारवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antar-gate kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi kuntī-dvārā brāhmaṇasya paricaryā-viṣayakāṇāṃ trīṇāṃ śatānāṃ catur-adhika-triśatatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

かくして『聖なるマハーバーラタ』の「森の巻（ヴァナ・パルヴァ）」、いわゆる「耳環奪取章（クンダラ・ハラナ・パルヴァ）」において、第三百四章は終わる。そこではクンティーが、バラモンに仕え奉る正しい作法を説き明かしたのである。

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणिin the Kundalaharana Parva (episode of taking the earrings)

कुन्त्याby Kunti

द्वाराthrough/by means of

ब्राह्मणस्यof a Brahmin

परिचर्याservice/attendance

विषयकःconcerning/pertaining to

त्रयःthree

शतhundred

चतुर्थःfourth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Kuṇḍalāharaṇa Parva

Kuntī

Brāhmaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s stated focus is brāhmaṇa-paricaryā: dharma expressed as humble, attentive service and reverence toward the learned and disciplined—supporting sacred learning, restraint, and right conduct as social and spiritual goods.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon-style closing line: Vaiśampāyana marks the completion of the 304th chapter within the Vana Parva’s Kuṇḍalāharaṇa section, noting that Kuntī has addressed the topic of serving a brāhmaṇa.