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Shloka 243

मृगस्वप्नदर्शनम्

The Deer’s Dream-Appeal and the Move to Kāmyaka

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि घोषयात्रापर्वणि दुर्योधनमोचनानुज्ञायां त्रिचत्वारिंशदधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपववके अन्तर्गत घोषयात्रापर्वमें दुर्योधनको छुड़ानेकी आज्ञाविषयक दो सौ तैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi duryodhanamocanānujñāyāṃ tricatuvāriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் வனபர்வத்தில், கோஷயாத்திராபர்வத்தில், துரியோதனனை மீட்க அனுமதி அளித்தல் பற்றிய இருநூற்று நாற்பத்துமூன்றாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

घोषयात्रापर्वणिin the Ghoṣa-yātrā-parvan (Cattle-camp expedition section)

दुर्योधनमोचनानुज्ञायाम्in the (topic of) permission/authorization for Duryodhana's release

त्रिचत्वारिंशत्forty-three

अधिकadditional; over and above

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth (forming: 243rd)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Ghoṣa-yātrā Parva

Duryodhana

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 highlights the ethical frame of the episode: decisions about an adversary’s fate—such as permitting rescue or release—are treated as questions of dharma (right conduct) and self-restraint, not merely strategic gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon stating that, within Vana Parva’s Ghoṣa-yātrā episode, the 243rd chapter—centered on granting permission related to Duryodhana’s rescue—has concluded.