Shloka 294

यक्षोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः

Entry into the Yakṣa-Lake Episode

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणि सावितऋयुपाख्याने चतुर्नवत्यधिकद्विशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi pativratāmāhātmyaparvaṇi sāvitrīyupākhyāne caturnavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

“至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《林居篇》（Vana Parva）中‘贞妇功德品’（Pativratā-māhātmya）里娑毗特丽支叙的第二百九十四章结束。”

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the greatness of devoted wives
• पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सावित्र्युपाख्याने: in the tale of Savitri
• सावित्र्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्नवत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-ninety-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्नवति-अधिक-द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Pativratā-māhātmya (section)
• Sāvitrī (upākhyāna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals that the surrounding narrative belongs to the ‘Pativratā-māhātmya’ and the ‘Sāvitrī-upākhyāna’, highlighting dharma through the ideal of steadfast virtue and devoted conduct, presented as an ethical exemplar within the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal chapter-ending colophon: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Vana Parva), the internal section (glory of devoted wives), the embedded tale (Sāvitrī), and states the chapter number, marking the close of the chapter in Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration.