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Shloka 287

Pṛthā’s Atithi-Sevā and the Gift of the Deva-Āhvāna Mantra (पृथायाः अतिथिसेवा तथा देवाह्वानमन्त्रप्रदानम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि कुम्भकर्णादिवधे सप्ताशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi kumbhakarṇādivadhe saptāśītyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

อิติ ในศรีมหาภารตะ วนปรวะ ในรามอุปาขยานะ บทที่สองร้อยแปดสิบเจ็ด ว่าด้วยการสังหารกุมภกรรณและเหล่าอื่น ๆ

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

रामोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the Rāma narrative)

कुम्भकर्णादिवधेin (the episode of) the slaying of Kumbhakarṇa and others

सप्ताशीत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-eighty-seventh (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna

Kumbhakarṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the preceding events as part of a dharmic narrative where confronting violent, world-harming forces (symbolized by Kumbhakarṇa and others) is presented as a necessary duty in the protection of order and the innocent.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the close of a chapter in the Rāmopākhyāna embedded within the Vana Parva, specifically the portion recounting the slaying of Kumbhakarṇa and other foes. It functions as an editorial/narrative boundary rather than a spoken dialogue line.