Shloka 270

कुम्भकर्णवधः — Kumbhakarṇa’s Fall and the Renewal of the Engagement

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि द्रौपदीवाक्ये सप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi draupadīharaṇaparvaṇi draupadīvākye saptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ hai trăm bảy mươi của Vana Parva trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc phần nói về việc Draupadī bị bắt cóc, trong đoạn trình bày lời của Draupadī.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि: in the Draupadi-harana section (sub-parva)
• द्रौपदीहरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदीहरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• सप्तत्यधिक: having seventy more (i.e., seventy plus)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तत्यधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Draupadī
• Draupadī-haraṇa (abduction episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a doctrinal verse: it teaches by implication the importance of careful textual organization—marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the larger ethical narrative of Draupadī’s ordeal.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter within the Vana Parva, specifically within the sub-section dealing with Draupadī’s abduction, and notes that the preceding portion is framed as Draupadī’s speech.