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Shloka 300

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि सूर्यकर्णसंवादे त्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi sūryakarṇasaṃvāde triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇതി ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതേ വനപർവണി കുണ്ഡലാഹരണപർവണി സൂര്യ-കർണസംവാദേ ത്രിശതതമോഽധ്യായഃ സമാപ്തഃ।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the holy Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणिin the (sub-)section called 'The Abduction/Removal of the Earrings'

सूर्यकर्णसंवादेin the dialogue of Surya and Karna

त्रिशततमःthree-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Kuṇḍalāharaṇa-parvan

Sūrya

Karṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line itself teaches by framing the episode: it highlights that the Sūrya–Karṇa dialogue belongs to the ‘taking of the earrings’ narrative, where generosity, steadfastness to one’s word, and the ethical cost of gifts given under pressure are central concerns.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing formula marking the end of the three-hundredth chapter in the Vana Parva, specifically the section about the removal/taking of Karṇa’s earrings, presented through a dialogue between Sūrya and Karṇa.