Shloka 266

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि द्रौपदीवाक्ये षट्षष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi draupadīharaṇaparvaṇi draupadīvākye ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Vana Parva—đặc biệt phần nói về việc Draupadī bị bắt cóc—lời của Draupadī kết thúc tại đây: chương thứ 266. (Đây là lời kết chương theo thể thức, ghi dấu sự khép lại của một chương và vị trí của nó trong mạch đạo lý của sử thi.)

Word by Word

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

• श्री: in the venerable/holy (as honorific)
• श्री: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि: in the Draupadi-harana-parvan (section on Draupadi's abduction)
• द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदीहरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रौपदीवाक्ये: in (the passage of) Draupadi's speech
• द्रौपदीवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदीवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्षष्टि: sixty-six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Draupadī-haraṇa Parva (episode/section)
• Draupadī
• Vaiśampāyana (speaker label)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it teaches indirectly by emphasizing textual accountability—clearly marking where a discourse ends and how it is situated within the epic’s ethical narrative (Draupadī’s words within the forest-exile context and the abduction episode).

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally states that Draupadī’s discourse in the Draupadī-abduction episode (within the Vana Parva) has ended, identifying it as the 266th chapter in that internal count.