Shloka 249

द्रौपदी-शैब्यसंवादः — Draupadī’s Identification and Counsel on Hospitality

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि घोषयात्रापर्वणि दुर्योधनप्रायोपवेशे एकोनपजञ्चाशदधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi duryodhanaprāyopaveśe ekonapañcāśadadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے ون پرَو کے گھوش یاترا پرَو میں دُریودھن کے پرایوپویش سے متعلق دو سو انچاسواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• घोषयात्रापर्वणि: in the Ghoṣa-yātrā-parvan (Cattle-expedition sub-book)
• घोषयात्रापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोषयात्रापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दुर्योधनप्रायोपवेशे: in (the section on) Duryodhana's fast-unto-death (prāyopaveśa)
• दुर्योधनप्रायोपवेशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधनप्रायोपवेश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकोनपञ्चाशदधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-fiftieth (lit. 200 + 50 − 1) [chapter]
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनपञ्चाशदधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Ghoṣa-yātrā Parva
• Duryodhana
• Prāyopaveśa (fasting unto death)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights an ethical tension: when wounded pride and rivalry push a leader toward self-destruction, the act (prāyopaveśa) becomes morally charged—raising questions about rightful resolve versus manipulative despair, and the need for wise counsel to prevent adharma-driven extremes.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon for the episode in which Duryodhana undertakes (or resolves upon) prāyopaveśa—fasting unto death—within the Ghoṣa-yātrā sequence of the Vana Parva, marking the close of the two-hundred-and-forty-ninth chapter.