Shloka 201

Guṇa-vibhāga and Prāṇa–Agni–Yoga Upadeśa (गुणविभाग तथा प्राण-अग्नि-योगोपदेश)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ एकवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi Dhundhumāropākhyānavishayaka dviśata-ekaviṃśatitamodhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي رسميًّا الفصلُ الحادي بعد المئتين من قصة «دُهُندُهُمارا»، الواردة ضمن قسم «ماركانديّا» في «فانا بارفا» من المهابهاراتا المقدّسة. وبذلك تُختَم هذه الوحدة السردية ختامًا تقليديًّا، مُعلِنة اكتمال هذه الحكاية الواعظة في إطار «كتاب الغابة» الأخلاقي والروحي الأوسع.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samasya Parva (section)
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयके: concerning the Dhundhumara-upakhyana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्विशत: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सम्पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parva
• Dhundhumāra Upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a didactic episode within the Mahābhārata’s forest-book, reminding readers that such embedded tales are framed as moral exempla within a larger ethical narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The storyteller’s section is being formally closed: the text announces that the 201st chapter dealing with the Dhundhumāra episode, within the Mārkaṇḍeya section of the Vana Parva, has ended.