Shloka 262

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत द्रौपदीहरणपर्वमें दुर्वीचाका उपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ बासठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvaṇi antar-gata-draupadīharaṇa-parvaṇi durvīcākopākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-dvāṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత వనపర్వాంతర్గత ద్రౌపదీహరణపర్వమున దుర్వీచోపాఖ్యాన విషయక ద్విశత ద్విషష్టితమ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమయ్యెను.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतMahābhārata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

द्रौपदीहरणपर्वin the Draupadī-haraṇa-parvan (episode/section)

दुर्वीचाकाof Durvīcā

उपाख्यानविषयकconcerning the episode (upākhyāna)

द्विtwo

शतhundred

द्वाषष्टितमःtwo-hundred-sixty-second

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Draupadī

Draupadīharaṇa-parvan

Durvīcā (upākhyāna)

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 functions as a colophon: it teaches attentiveness to textual structure—how the epic frames moral inquiry through discrete chapters and inset tales (upākhyānas), each concluded formally to guide reflection and transition.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator indicates that the chapter has ended: within Vana Parva, in the Draupadī-abduction-related section, the episode concerning Durvīcā has been completed, preparing the listener for the next chapter or narrative unit.