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Shloka 185

Yugapramāṇa–Kaliyuga-lakṣaṇa–Pralaya-kathā

Markandeya’s Account of Yugas, Kali Signs, and Dissolution

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि ब्राह्मणमाहात्म्ये पज्चाशीत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मणमाहात्म्यविषयक एक सौ पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi brāhmaṇamāhātmye pañcāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «فانا بارفا»—وخاصةً في قسم «ماركاندييا-سماسيا»—ينتهي الفصلُ الخامسُ والثمانون بعد المئة، المتعلّق بعظمة البراهمة وقداستهم.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā-parvan (sub-section)

ब्राह्मणमाहात्म्येin (the section on) the greatness of the Brāhmaṇa

पञ्चाशीत्यधिकशततमःone hundred and eighty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya-parvan

Brāhmaṇa (as a class/ideal)

Character Dynamics

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?

As a colophon concluding a chapter on brāhmaṇa-māhātmya, it reinforces a dharmic ethic: society is sustained by honoring learning, self-restraint, and sacred responsibility—qualities traditionally associated with the brāhmaṇa ideal.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing line of the text, indicating that the discourse attributed to Sage Mārkaṇḍeya has reached the end of the 185th chapter within the Vana Parva’s internal section named Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya-parvan, focused on the theme of brāhmaṇa greatness.