Shloka 273

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें युधिष्ठिरप्रश्नविषयक दो सौ तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antar-gate rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhira-praśna-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-tri-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ ||

Translation

یوں مقدّس مہابھارت کے ون پرب کے تحت راموپاکھیان پرب میں یُدھِشٹھِر کے سوالات سے متعلق دو سو تہتّرواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا॥

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Ramopakhyana Parva
• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरप्रश्नविषयके: concerning Yudhishthira's question(s)
• युधिष्ठिरप्रश्नविषयके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युधिष्ठिरप्रश्नविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्विशतत्रियशततमः: two-hundred-seventy-third
• द्विशतत्रियशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशतत्रियशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Rāmopākhyāna-parvan
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line does not add new doctrine; it frames the preceding material as a unit of ethical inquiry—Yudhiṣṭhira’s questioning—highlighting the Mahābhārata’s method of approaching dharma through reflective dialogue and exemplars.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the chapter (numbered 273 within the Rāmopākhyāna section, itself within Vana Parva) has concluded, and it identifies the chapter’s focus as Yudhiṣṭhira’s questions.