Shloka 225

Adhyāya 227: Duryodhana’s Deliberation and the Ghoṣa-yātrā Pretext

Dvaita-vana

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें आड़िरयोपाख्यानके प्रसंगरें कुमारोत्पत्तिविषयक दो सौ पचीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyāparvaṇi Āḍirayo-pākhyāna-prasaṅge Kumārotpatti-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-pañcaviṃśatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «فانا بارفا»، في القسم المعروف بـ«ماركاندييا-سَماسْيا بارفا»، وفي سياق حكاية «آديرايا»، يكتمل الفصل الخامس والعشرون بعد المئتين، المتعلق بمولد/أصل «كومارا».

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya section/parvan

आडिरयोपाख्यानस्यof the Āḍiraya episode (upākhyāna)

प्रसङ्गेin the context

कुमारोत्पत्तिविषयकःconcerning the birth of Kumāra

द्विशतपञ्चविंशतितमःtwo-hundred-and-twenty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Kumāra (Skanda/Kārttikeya)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it teaches how the epic is organized into parvas, sub-sections, and themed chapters, emphasizing completion and thematic closure (here, the account concerning Kumāra’s origin).

What is happening in the narrative?

No new event is narrated; the text announces that the chapter on Kumāra’s origin, occurring within the Mārkaṇḍeya-related section of the Vana Parva, has concluded.