Shloka 192

मधुकैटभवधोपाख्यानम्

The Account of the Slaying of Madhu and Kaiṭabha

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपवके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें मण्ड्रकोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ बानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi maṇḍrakopākhyānaviṣayaka ekaśatabāṇanavatyadhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل الثاني والتسعون بعد المئة، المتعلّق بحادثة ماندراكا (Maṇḍraka)، ضمن قسم «ماركاندييا-سَمَاسْيَا» (Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya) من «فانا بارفا» (Vana Parva) في «المهابهاراتا» الموقّرة. وتأتي صيغة الختام هذه علامةً على تمام وحدةٍ سردية، وإيذانًا بالانتقال إلى الجزء التالي من «كتاب الغابة» بما فيه من مواعظ وتعاليم أخلاقية.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्री-महाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained (within)

मार्कण्डेय-समास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samasya sub-parvan

माण्ड्रक-उपाख्यान-विषयकconcerning the Mandraka episode

एकone

शतhundred

द्वानवति-तमःninety-second (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcomplete; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वामदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Maṇḍraka (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?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to formally close a chapter and indicate the textual placement of the preceding episode. The ethical value is indirect: it frames the Mahābhārata’s instruction as organized teaching through episodes (upākhyānas) embedded within larger sections.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator/editorial voice announces that the chapter dealing with the Maṇḍraka episode has concluded within the Mārkaṇḍeya-related section of the Vana Parva, preparing the reader for the next chapter or narrative unit.