Shloka 301

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि सूर्यकर्णसंवादे एकाधिकत्रिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi sūryakarṇasaṃvāde ekādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారత వనపర్వమునందలి కుండలాహరణపర్వములో సూర్య-కర్ణ సంభాషణలో మూడు వందల ఒకటవ అధ్యాయము।

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणिin the 'Kundala-harana' sub-parvan (the episode of taking the earrings)

सूर्यकर्णसंवादेin the dialogue between Surya and Karna

एकाधिकत्रिशततमःthree-hundred-and-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

सूर्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Kuṇḍalāharaṇa-parvan

Sūrya

Karṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing: it signals that the preceding dialogue and episode should be read as a coherent ethical unit—highlighting how dharma (especially generosity and honor) can carry grave personal costs, and how choices made in virtue may still intensify the tragic momentum toward war.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line closes the chapter and identifies its placement: in the Vana Parva, within the Kuṇḍalāharaṇa episode, during the dialogue between Sūrya and Karṇa. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker rather than advancing plot directly.