Shloka 278
Sāvitrī’s Trirātra-Vrata and Departure with Satyavān (सावित्रीव्रतनिश्चयः सहगमनं च)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें मारीचवध तथा सीताहरणविषयक दो सौ अठद्धत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata-rāmopākhyāna-parvaṇi mārīca-vadha tathā sītā-haraṇa-viṣayaka dvi-śata-aṣṭā-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sa gayon nagwakas ang ika-278 kabanata ng bahaging Rāmopākhyāna sa loob ng Vana Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, na tumatalakay sa pagpaslang kay Mārīca at sa pagdukot kay Sītā. Ang pormulang pangwakas na ito ang pormal na tanda ng pagtatapos ng yugtong ito ng salaysay, na nagpapahiwatig na ang panlilinlang at pagnanasa ay maaaring magbunsod ng mabigat na adharma, at ang kasunod na pagdurusa ang nagiging bunga sa moralidad na magtatakda ng mga tungkulin at tugon sa mga susunod na pangyayari.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the line chiefly signals completion, but it also frames the ethical arc of the episode: adharma enacted through deceit and unlawful desire (leading to Sītā’s abduction) sets in motion suffering and the later necessity of righteous response.
This is the formal closing statement for the chapter in the Rāmopākhyāna within Vana Parva, indicating that the chapter’s subject matter was Mārīca’s slaying and the abduction of Sītā, and that the chapter has concluded.