Shloka 273

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरप्रश्ने त्रिसप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirapraśne trisaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Mahābhārata tôn kính, thuộc Vana Parva, trong phần mang tên Rāmopākhyāna, liên hệ đến câu hỏi của Yudhiṣṭhira, chương thứ hai trăm bảy mươi bốn (274) kết thúc tại đây.

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so (end-quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• śrīmahābhārate: in the venerable Mahābhārata
• śrīmahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīmahābhārata
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi: in the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the Rāma narrative)
• rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāmopākhyānaparvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• yudhiṣṭhirapraśne: in Yudhiṣṭhira's question
• yudhiṣṭhirapraśne: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudhiṣṭhirapraśna
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• trisaptatyadhika: having seventy-three in addition (i.e., 273rd)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trisaptatyadhika
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• dviśatatamaḥ: two-hundredth (ordinal element in the chapter number)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dviśatatama
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Rāmopākhyāna (episode/section)
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it signals the formal close of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s nested structure (Parva → sub-episode → narrative prompt). Ethically, it reminds the reader that the Rāmopākhyāna is presented as a response to Yudhiṣṭhira’s dharma-centered questioning.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the end of Adhyāya 274 in the Vana Parva, specifically within the Rāmopākhyāna episode, noting that the chapter belongs to the sequence prompted by Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry.