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Shloka 264

सीता-रावण-संवादः

Sītā–Rāvaṇa Dialogue in the Aśoka Grove

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि जयद्रथागमने चतुःषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi draupadīharaṇaparvaṇi jayadrathāgamane catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారత వనపర్వాంతర్గత ద్రౌపదీహరణపర్వములో జయద్రథాగమన-విషయక రెండువందల అరవై నాలుగవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తం।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the auspicious (work)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणिin the Draupadī-haraṇa-parvan (section on Draupadī’s abduction)

जयद्रथागमनेin (the episode of) Jayadratha’s coming

चतुःषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-sixty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Draupadī

Jayadratha

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?

Though this line is a colophon rather than a narrative verse, it frames the preceding episode as a dharmic warning: violating another’s dignity—especially through coercion and abduction—invites moral and practical consequences, while righteous protection and restraint are upheld as duties.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing colophon of the chapter, indicating that the chapter belongs to the Vana Parva, within the Draupadī-abduction section, specifically the sub-episode describing Jayadratha’s arrival.