Shloka 242

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि घोषयात्रापर्वणि दुर्योधनादिहरणे द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो 5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपव्वके अन्तर्गत घोषयात्रापर्वमें दुर्योधन आदिका अपहरणविषयक दो सौ बयालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi duryodhanādiharaṇe dvicatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Vana Parva, trong phần nói về cuộc hành trình lùa bò (Ghoṣa-yātrā), chương thứ hai trăm bốn mươi hai—bàn về việc Duryodhana và đoàn tùy tùng bị bắt cóc—đã kết thúc. Lời kết này đóng khung biến cố như một bước ngoặt đạo lý: kiêu mạn và hiếu chiến gặp nhục nhã, và bài học ngầm là sự tự chế.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

घोषयात्रापर्वणिin the Ghoṣayātrā-parvan (section on the cattle/encampment expedition)

दुर्योधनादिहरणेin the (topic of) the abduction/capture of Duryodhana and others

द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-forty-second (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Ghoṣa-yātrā Parvan (Ghoṣayātrā episode)

Duryodhana

Duryodhana's companions (ādī)

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but by framing the episode’s moral arc: arrogance and hostility invite downfall, while restraint and adherence to dharma are implicitly upheld as the proper response to conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing colophon of the chapter: it announces that the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva chapter on the Ghoṣa-yātrā episode—specifically the abduction/carrying off of Duryodhana and his party—has concluded.