Shloka 280

सावित्री-यमसंवादः

Sāvitrī’s Dialogue with Yama and the Restoration of Satyavān

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि त्रिजटाकृतसीतासान्त्वने अशीत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi trijaṭākṛtasītāsāntvane aśītyadhikadvāśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ตอนวนปัรวะ ในรามอุปาขยานปัรวะ ในเหตุที่ตรีชฏาปลอบประโลมนางสีตา บทที่สองร้อยแปดสิบย่อมสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

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

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

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

• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Rama-episode section
• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिजटाकृतसीतासान्त्वने: in the consolation of Sita performed by Trijata
• त्रिजटाकृतसीतासान्त्वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिजटाकृतसीतासान्त्वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अशीत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-eightieth
• अशीत्यधिकद्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशीत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Rāmopākhyāna
• Trijaṭā
• Sītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in distress, one should hold to dharma and inner steadiness; compassionate, truthful counsel (sāntvana) can sustain the afflicted and reinforce moral resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a colophon: it formally closes a chapter of the Rāmopākhyāna within the Vana Parva, specifically the episode describing Trijaṭā’s consoling words to Sītā, as recounted by Mārkaṇḍeya.