Shloka 297

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वमें सावित्री- उपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ सत्तानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargata pativratā-māhātmya-parvaṇi Sāvitrī-upākhyāna-viṣayaka dvi-śata-saptāna-śītitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Sa gayon nagwakas ang ika-297 na kabanata ng Śrī Mahābhārata, sa Vana Parva, sa loob ng bahaging tumatalakay sa kadakilaan ng asawang tapat (Pativratā-māhātmya), hinggil sa salaysay ni Sāvitrī. Ipinahihiwatig ng pangwakas na pormula ang ipinagdiriwang na huwarang asal: di-matitinag na katapatan sa pag-aasawa at matatag na paninindigan sa dharma bilang bukal ng kapangyarihang espirituwal.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वनपर्वके: in the Vana-parvan section
• वनपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वनपर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्व: in the 'Glory of the devoted wife' parvan/section
• पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सावित्री: Sāvitrī
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उपाख्यानविषयक: concerning the episode/narrative
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपाख्यानविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशतसप्तनवतितमः: two hundred ninety-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशतसप्तनवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/has been (completed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)
• श्रीमहाभारत (Śrīmahābhārata)
• वनपर्व (Vana Parva)
• पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्व (Pativratā-māhātmya-parvan)
• सावित्री-उपाख्यान (Sāvitrī-upākhyāna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals the completion of the Savitrī narrative within the Pativratā-māhātmya section, highlighting the Mahābhārata’s ethical emphasis on dharmic steadfastness and the ideal of devoted fidelity (pativratā) as a transformative moral force.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding editorial-style statement (colophon) marking that the chapter dealing with the Savitrī episode has ended within Vana Parva’s Pativratā-māhātmya section, attributed in the frame to Mārkaṇḍeya as speaker.