Shloka 277

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि रामवनाभिगमने सप्तसप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi rāmavanābhigamane saptasaptatyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ବନପର୍ବରେ ରାମୋପାଖ୍ୟାନପର୍ବରେ ରାମବନାଭିଗମନ-ବିଷୟକ ଦୁଇଶେ ସତ୍ତାତ୍ତରତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the Rāma narrative)
• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रामवनाभिगमने: in (the chapter/section on) Rāma's going to the forest
• रामवनाभिगमने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामवनाभिगमन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त

• सप्तत्यधिक: exceeding seventy (i.e., seventy-seven)
• सप्तत्यधिक: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तति + अधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: the two-hundredth
• द्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

(श्रीरम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Rāmopākhyāna
• Rāma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; its ethical resonance lies in situating the Rāmopākhyāna within the Mahābhārata’s dharma-discourse, where Rāma’s forest-going is remembered as an exemplar of duty, restraint, and fidelity to righteous obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not a spoken verse of dialogue but an editorial/recitational closure: it announces that the chapter on Rāma’s approach to (or entry into) the forest has concluded within the Vana Parva’s Rāmopākhyāna section.