Shloka 288

Adhyāya 290: Kuntī’s Mantra-Parīkṣā and the Appearance of Sūrya (कुन्ती–सूर्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि रामोपाख्यानपर्वणि इन्द्रजिद्युद्धे अष्टाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमो 5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi rāmopākhyānaparvaṇi indrajidyuddhe aṣṭāśītyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《森林篇》（Vana Parva）中，尤在《罗摩传》（Rāmopākhyāna）部分，以与因陀罗吉特（Indrajit）交战为题的第二百八十八章至此告终。（此为章末题记式结语，用以标明本章结束。）

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

रामोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Rāmopākhyāna-parvan (section on the Rāma narrative)

इन्द्रजित्in (the episode of) Indrajit

युद्धेin the battle

अष्टाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe 288th

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Rāmopākhyāna

Indrajit

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a didactic verse but a colophon. Its function is to preserve textual order and context—identifying the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Vana Parva), the embedded narrative (Rāmopākhyāna), and the episode focus (Indrajit battle).

What is happening in the narrative?

The statement marks the close of a chapter within the Rāmopākhyāna narration (told by Mārkaṇḍeya), indicating that the chapter concerned the conflict involving Indrajit and that this particular chapter has concluded.