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Shloka 309

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत कुण्डलाहरणपर्वमें सूर्य-कर्णसंवादविषयक तीन सौ एकवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargate kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi sūrya-karṇa-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ trīśata-ekaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత వనపర్వాంతర్గత కుండలహరణపర్వములో సూర్య–కర్ణ సంభాషణవిషయక మూడువందల ఒకటవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीglory; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतthe Mahābhārata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan (forest book)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

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

सूर्यof Sūrya

कर्णof Karṇa

संवादdialogue

विषयकconcerning; having as its subject

त्रिशतthree-hundredth (as an ordinal base)

एकone

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

सूर्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sūrya

Karṇa

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Kuṇḍalāharaṇa Parva

Sūrya–Karṇa Saṃvāda

kuṇḍala (earrings)

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?

Even when warned by divine authority, a person’s dharma is tested through voluntary choice. The colophon closes a dialogue that frames Karṇa’s coming act as an ethical decision—balancing honor, generosity, and self-preservation—within the larger moral economy of the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon stating that the chapter on the Sūrya–Karṇa conversation, situated in the Kuṇḍalāharaṇa episode within the Vana Parva, has ended. It functions as a structural marker rather than advancing plot through new speech.