Shloka 310

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत कुण्डलाहरणपर्वमें कवच-कुण्डलदानविषयक तीन सौ दसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvake antargate Kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi kavaca-kuṇḍala-dāna-viṣayakaḥ trīśata-daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ 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）」において、「クンダラーハラナ・パルヴァ（耳環奪取の章）」と呼ばれる区分に属し、鎧と耳環の施与を語る第三百十章は終わった。語り手はここにこの一段の完結を告げ、甚大な自己犠牲を伴う布施の道徳的重みと、それがもたらす物語の転換を際立たせる。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained

कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणिin the Kundala-harana-parvan (episode of taking the earrings)

कवचकुण्डलदानविषयकःconcerning the giving of armor and earrings

त्रिशतदशमःthree-hundred-and-tenth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; concluded

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Kuṇḍalāharaṇa Parva

kavaca (armor)

kuṇḍala (earrings)

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon points to the ethical gravity of dāna—giving—especially when it involves personal loss. It frames the episode as one where generosity and duty are tested, and where a gift can reshape destiny and the moral landscape of the story.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding statement (colophon) by the narrator, indicating that the chapter dealing with the donation of the armor and earrings—within the Kuṇḍalāharaṇa section of the Vana Parva—has ended, and the text is moving on to the next unit.