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Shloka 305

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि पृथाया मन्त्रप्राप्तौ पज्चाधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi pṛthāyā mantraprāptau pañcādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภายในวนปัรวะ ในตอน ‘กุณฑลหรณะปัรวะ’ บทที่สามร้อยห้า ว่าด้วยเหตุการณ์ที่ปฤถา (กุนตี) ได้รับมนตร์ ก็สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणिin the sub-parvan 'The taking of the earrings'

पृथायाःof Pṛthā (Kuntī)

मन्त्रप्राप्तौin (the episode of) obtaining the mantra

पञ्चाधिकत्रिशततमःthree-hundred-and-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Kuṇḍalāharaṇa-parvan

Pṛthā (Kuntī)

mantra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it signals the completion of a chapter centered on Pṛthā’s acquisition of a mantra, implicitly highlighting how sacred powers and divine gifts carry moral responsibility and far-reaching consequences within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The line functions as an editorial/narrative closure: it announces that the three-hundred-and-fifth chapter has concluded, situating it within Vana Parva, specifically the Kuṇḍalāharaṇa section, and identifying the chapter’s focus as Pṛthā (Kuntī) obtaining a mantra.