Shloka 285

Karṇa-kuṇḍala-kavaca-jijñāsā; Kuntibhoja’s hospitality and Pṛthā’s appointment (कर्णकुण्डलकवचजिज्ञासा)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि रामरावणद्वन्ड्युद्धे पज्चाशीत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें रम-रावणद्वन्धयुद्धविषयक दो सौ पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi rāma-rāvaṇa-dvandva-yuddhe pañcāśīty-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Vậy là, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Vana Parva, trong phần mang tên Rāmopākhyāna (giai thoại về Rāma), chương thứ hai trăm tám mươi lăm—kể về cuộc quyết đấu giữa Rāma và Rāvaṇa—đã khép lại. Lời kết chương này đánh dấu sự hoàn tất của một đơn vị tự sự, đặt cuộc giao tranh không chỉ như cảnh tượng, mà như một cuộc đối đầu mang trọng lượng đạo lý, nơi trật tự chính đáng được khẳng định trước sức mạnh hủy diệt.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the tale of Rāma)
• रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रामरावणद्वन्द्वयुद्धे: in the duel-battle of Rāma and Rāvaṇa
• रामरावणद्वन्द्वयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामरावणद्वन्द्वयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-eighty-fifth (chapter)
• पञ्चाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशीत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Rāmopākhyāna
• Rāma
• Rāvaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse chiefly teaches how the epic frames events: the duel of Rāma and Rāvaṇa is presented as a dharmically significant confrontation, where the narrative emphasizes the restoration of rightful order over oppressive force.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing formula for the chapter: it announces that, within Vana Parva’s Rāmopākhyāna, the chapter dealing with the Rāma–Rāvaṇa duel-battle has concluded.