Shloka 229

Duryodhana Seized by Citraseṇa; Kaurava Petition to Yudhiṣṭhira (दुर्योधनापहारः / चित्रसेनगन्धर्वग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्यानके प्रसंगरें स्कन्दोपाख्यानसम्बन्धी दो सौ उनतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyāparva-meṁ Āṅgirasa-upākhyāna-ke prasaṅga-meṁ Skanda-upākhyāna-sambandhī do sau unatīsavāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā ||

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل التاسع والعشرون بعد المئتين، المتعلّق بحادثة سكَندا، الوارد ضمن سياق الحكاية الفرعية لآṅغيراسا، في قسم «مُلخّص خطاب ماركاندييا» من «فانا بارفا» في «شري مهابهاراتا». وهذا نصّ ختامي (colophon) يَسِمُ تمام الفصل، وليس بيتًا تعليميًا منطوقًا.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वन: forest
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• पर्व: book; section (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• के: of/in (Hindi postposition; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क (युष्मद्/किम्-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तर्गत: included within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेय: Markandeya (sage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय
• Form: Masculine, Stem-form (compound member)

• समास्य: summary; compendious (as in 'samāsya-parvan')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समास्य
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• पर्व: in the parvan/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• में: in (Hindi postposition; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: में

• आंगिरस: of Angiras; Angirasa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• उपाख्यान: episode; sub-narrative
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• के: of (Hindi postposition; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: के

• प्रसंग: in the context/occasion
• प्रसंग: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रे: (vocative particle in Hindi; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रे

• स्कन्द: Skanda (Kartikeya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द
• Form: Masculine, Stem-form (compound member)

• उपाख्यान: episode; sub-narrative
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• सम्बन्धी: related to; concerning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्बन्धिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दो: two (Hindi form; Sanskrit 'dve/dvau')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Nominative/Accusative, Dual

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• उनतीस: twenty-nine (Hindi form; Sanskrit 'ekonatriṃśat')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनत्रिंशत्
• Form: Stem-form (compound member)

• वाँ: ordinal suffix (Hindi; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वाँ

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

• पूरा: complete (Hindi usage; Sanskrit 'पूर्ण')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हुआ: was; became (ended)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Past (Hindi perfect), Third, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Skanda
• Āṅgirasa (upākhyāna)
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyāparva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it primarily teaches how the Mahābhārata is organized—through nested narratives (upākhyānas) within larger parvas—rather than presenting a direct ethical injunction. Its function is to signal closure and textual continuity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces that the chapter connected with the Skanda sub-narrative, situated within the Āṅgirasa episode and under the Mārkaṇḍeya section of the Vana Parva, has concluded.