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Shloka 279

Sāvitrī’s Trirātra-Vrata and Departure with Satyavān (सावित्रीव्रतनिश्चयः सहगमनं च)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि कबन्धहनने एकोनाशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi kabandhahanane ekonāśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारतात वनपर्वातील रामोपाख्यानपर्वात कबंधवध-विषयक दोनशे एकोणऐंशीवा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

रामोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the Rāma narrative)

कबन्धहननेin (the episode of) the slaying of Kabandha

एकोनाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe 279th (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna

Kabandha

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but by framing the episode’s ethical arc: steadfast valor and dharmic resolve remove monstrous impediments, enabling progress toward a righteous goal.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon stating the textual location: in the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the Rāmopākhyāna section, the chapter on Kabandha’s slaying ends here, numbered as the 279th chapter.