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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

Kaya nga, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa Vana Parva, sa bahaging nagsasalaysay ng kuwento ni Rāma (Rāmopākhyāna), sa tagpong inaaliw ni Trijaṭā si Sītā, nagtatapos ang ika-280 kabanata. Ito ang pangwakas na kolofon na nagmamarka sa pagsasara ng isang yunit ng salaysay, na nagbibigay-diin sa katatagan sa gitna ng dalamhati at sa lakas na naibibigay ng matuwid na payo.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Forest Book (Vana Parva)

रामोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Rama-episode section

त्रिजटाकृतसीतासान्त्वनेin the consolation of Sita performed by Trijata

अशीत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-eightieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna

Trijaṭā

Sītā

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?

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.