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Shloka 255

जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि घोषयात्रापर्वणि दुर्योधनयज्ञसमारम्भे पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकद्वधिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi duryodhanayajñasamārambhe pañcapañcāśadadhikadvadhiśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారతం వనపర్వాంతర్గత ఘోషయాత్రాపర్వంలో దుర్యోధన యజ్ఞసమారంభవిషయక రెండువందల యాభై ఐదవ అధ్యాయం.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

घोषयात्रापर्वणिin the Ghoṣa-yātrā-parvan (Cattle-raid episode)

दुर्योधनयज्ञसमारम्भेat the commencement of Duryodhana's sacrifice

पञ्चपञ्चाशत्fifty-five

अधिकadditional; exceeding

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Ghoṣa-yātrā Parva

Duryodhana

Yajña

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its value is structural and ethical-contextual: it frames the narrative around Duryodhana’s ritual undertaking, inviting reflection on how outwardly pious acts (yajña) can be driven by pride, rivalry, or political display rather than dharmic intent.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the close of a chapter in the Vana Parva’s Ghoṣa-yātrā episode, identifying the chapter’s theme as the beginning/undertaking of Duryodhana’s sacrifice. It functions as an editorial marker concluding the adhyāya.