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Shloka 285

Karṇa-kuṇḍala-kavaca-jijñāsā; Kuntibhoja’s hospitality and Pṛthā’s appointment (कर्णकुण्डलकवचजिज्ञासा)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि रामरावणद्वन्ड्युद्धे पज्चाशीत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें रम-रावणद्वन्धयुद्धविषयक दो सौ पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi rāma-rāvaṇa-dvandva-yuddhe pañcāśīty-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वातील रामोपाख्यानपर्वात राम-रावण द्वंद्वयुद्धाचे वर्णन करणारा दोनशे पंच्याऐंशीवा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

रामोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the tale of Rāma)

रामरावणद्वन्द्वयुद्धेin the duel-battle of Rāma and Rāvaṇa

पञ्चाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-eighty-fifth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna

Rāma

Rāvaṇa

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 chiefly teaches how the epic frames events: the duel of Rāma and Rāvaṇa is presented as a dharmically significant confrontation, where the narrative emphasizes the restoration of rightful order over oppressive force.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing formula for the chapter: it announces that, within Vana Parva’s Rāmopākhyāna, the chapter dealing with the Rāma–Rāvaṇa duel-battle has concluded.