Shloka 297

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणि सावितरयुपाख्याने सप्तनवत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi pativratāmāhātmyaparvaṇi sāvitaryupākhyāne saptanavatyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ, ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ വനപർവത്തിൽ, പതിവ്രതാമാഹാത്മ്യപർവത്തിനകത്തെ സാവിത്ര്യുപാഖ്യാനത്തിലെ ഇരുനൂറ്റി തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിയേഴാമത്തെ അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the venerable/auspicious (work)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the greatness of devoted wives

सावित्र्युपाख्यानेin the episode (upākhyāna) of Sāvitrī

सप्तनवत्यधिकद्वधिशततमःthe two-hundred-and-ninety-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Pativratā-māhātmya (section)

Sāvitrī (episode)

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 signals the conclusion of a chapter within the Sāvitrī episode, framed as a celebration of pativratā-dharma—steadfast fidelity and moral resolve—presented as a powerful expression of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal closing formula (iti … adhyāyaḥ) marking the end of a chapter in the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, specifically within the ‘Pativratā-māhātmya’ section and the embedded tale of Sāvitrī, spoken in the larger frame by Mārkaṇḍeya.