Shloka 309

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत कुण्डलाहरणपर्वमें राधाको कर्णकी प्राप्तिविषयक तीन सौ नवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antar-gate kuṇḍalāharaṇaparvaṇi rādhāyāḥ karṇasya prāptiviṣayakaḥ trīśat-navamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ จบอัธยายที่สามร้อยเก้า แห่งมหาภารตะ วนปรวะ ในตอนกุณฑลาหรณปรวะ ว่าด้วยเรื่องราธาได้ครอบครองกรรณะ

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणिin the 'Kundala-harana' sub-parvan

राधायाःof Radha

कर्णस्यof Karna

प्राप्तिattainment/finding

विषयकconcerning/relating to

त्रिशतthree-hundredth

नवninth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcompletion (intended: 'completed')

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Kuṇḍalāharaṇa-parvan

Rādhā

Karṇa

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 chapter-ending colophon, the verse itself teaches indirectly: it frames Karṇa’s life-story as ethically significant—his later decisions are to be read against questions of identity, gratitude, loyalty, and the constraints of destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) marks the conclusion of Adhyāya 309 within Vana Parva, specifying that this chapter concerned Rādhā’s obtaining/receiving of Karṇa, and that it belongs to the Kuṇḍalāharaṇa episode.