Shloka 277

Sāvitrī–Satyavān Vivāha: Kanyāpradāna and Āśrama-Śīla (सावित्री-सत्यवान्विवाहः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें श्रीरयमवनगमनविषयक दो सौ सतहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi śrīrāmasya vanagamanaviṣayakaḥ dviśata-saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ วนปर्व ภาคที่เรียกว่า ราโมปาขยานะ บทว่าด้วยการเสด็จเข้าป่าของพระศรีราม บทที่สองร้อยเจ็ดสิบเจ็ดได้สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीrevered; auspicious honorific

महाभारतMahabharata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

रामोपाख्यानपर्वin the Ramopakhyana-parvan (section on Rama's narrative)

श्रीrevered; honorific

रामof Rama

वनगमनforest-going; departure to the forest

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

द्विtwo

शतhundred

सप्तseven

सप्ततितमseventieth (ordinal element)

अध्यायchapter

पूराcomplete/finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

(श्रीरम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Rāma

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a concluding colophon to the Rāma narrative segment, it highlights the dharmic ideal of accepting personal hardship—such as forest exile—when it arises from duty, rightful order, and fidelity to one’s obligations.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is not a spoken verse of dialogue but a closing notice: it marks the completion of the chapter within the Rāmopākhyāna section of the Vana Parva, specifically the portion concerning Śrī Rāma’s going to the forest.