Shloka 280

सावित्री-यमसंवादः

Sāvitrī’s Dialogue with Yama and the Restoration of Satyavān

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि त्रिजटाकृतसीतासान्त्वने अशीत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi trijaṭākṛtasītāsāntvane aśītyadhikadvāśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Vana Parva, trong phần kể chuyện Rāma (Rāmopākhyāna), ở đoạn Trijaṭā an ủi Sītā, chương thứ hai trăm tám mươi kết thúc. Đây là lời kết (colophon) đánh dấu sự khép lại của một đơn vị tự sự, nêu bật lòng kiên định giữa nghịch cảnh và sức nâng đỡ của lời khuyên chính trực.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Rama-episode section
• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिजटाकृतसीतासान्त्वने: in the consolation of Sita performed by Trijata
• त्रिजटाकृतसीतासान्त्वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिजटाकृतसीतासान्त्वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अशीत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-eightieth
• अशीत्यधिकद्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशीत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Rāmopākhyāna
• Trijaṭā
• Sītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in distress, one should hold to dharma and inner steadiness; compassionate, truthful counsel (sāntvana) can sustain the afflicted and reinforce moral resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a colophon: it formally closes a chapter of the Rāmopākhyāna within the Vana Parva, specifically the episode describing Trijaṭā’s consoling words to Sītā, as recounted by Mārkaṇḍeya.