Shloka 276

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें वानर आदिकी उत्पत्तिये सम्बन्धित दो सौ छिद्वत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antar-gata-rāmopākhyāna-parva-meṁ vānara-ādikī utpatti-se sambandhita dvi-śata-ṣaḍ-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Vậy là trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Vana Parva, phần Rāmopākhyāna, chương thứ 276 (hai trăm bảy mươi sáu) nói về nguồn gốc loài vượn và các giống loài liên hệ đã kết thúc. Lời kết này đánh dấu sự hoàn tất của một mạch chủ đề và đặt câu chuyện như một tấm gương giáo huấn trong diễn ngôn đạo lý của sử thi.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वनपर्वके: in the Vana-parvan (forest book)
• वनपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वनपर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• वानर: of monkeys/vanaras
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• आदि: and others; etc.
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि

• उत्पत्तये: for (the topic of) origin/creation
• उत्पत्तये: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

• सम्बन्धित: related/connected
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्बन्धित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशत: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• षट्: six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सप्ततितमः: seventieth (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Rāmopākhyāna (Rāmopākhyāna-parva)
• Vānara (monkeys)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon-like closing, the verse emphasizes textual and thematic completion: the epic presents the origin of the vānara hosts as part of a purposeful moral narrative, reminding readers that such accounts function as instructive exempla within the Mahābhārata’s dharma-centered discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the conclusion of a chapter in the Rāmopākhyāna section of the Vana Parva, specifically the chapter connected with the origin of monkeys and related beings; it serves as an editorial/narrative closure rather than advancing plot events.