Shloka 270

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि द्रौपदीवाक्ये सप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi draupadīharaṇaparvaṇi draupadīvākye saptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ วนปรวะ ภายในตอนว่าด้วยการลักพาตัวเทราปที ในภาคที่เป็นถ้อยคำของเทราปที บทที่สองร้อยเจ็ดสิบจึงสิ้นสุดลง.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि: in the Draupadi-harana section (sub-parva)
• द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदीहरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रौपदीवाक्ये: in (the portion called) 'Draupadi's speech'
• द्रौपदीवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदीवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तत्यधिक: having seventy more (i.e., seventy plus)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तत्यधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Draupadī
• Draupadī-haraṇa (abduction episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a doctrinal verse: it teaches by implication the importance of careful textual organization—marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the larger ethical narrative of Draupadī’s ordeal.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter within the Vana Parva, specifically within the sub-section dealing with Draupadī’s abduction, and notes that the preceding portion is framed as Draupadī’s speech.