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Shloka 293

Araṇi Lost to the Deer: Pāṇḍavas Pursue to Preserve Agnihotra (अरणी-हरण प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणि सावितयुपाख्याने त्रिनवत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi pativratāmāhātmyaparvaṇi sāvitryupākhyāne trinavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

如是，在尊崇的《摩诃婆罗多》中，于《林居篇》之内，在称颂贞顺妻德（pativratā）之伟大的篇章里，于“萨维特丽”故事中，第二百九十三章至此终了。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the greatness of devoted wives

सावित्र्युपाख्यानेin the tale of Savitri

त्रिनवत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-ninety-third (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Pativratā-māhātmya (section)

Sāvitrī (upākhyāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line signals the didactic intent of the surrounding narrative: the Sāvitrī episode is presented within a section that extols pativratā-dharma—steadfastness, fidelity, and ethical resolve as spiritually potent virtues.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter marker stating the textual location: in the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the Pativratā-māhātmya section, the Sāvitrī sub-tale reaches the end of the chapter (counted here as the 293rd).