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Shloka 232

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि मयदर्शनपर्वणि शार्कहकोपाख्याने द्वात्रिंशयदधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi mayadarśanaparvaṇi śārkakopākhyāne dvātriṃśayad-hikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweihundertzweiunddreißigste Kapitel des Ādi Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Abschnitts namens „Mayadarśana Parva“, in der Nebenerzählung, die als „Śārkaka-Episode“ bekannt ist.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

मयदर्शनपर्वणिin the Mayadarshana section

शार्कहकोपाख्यानेin the episode called (the tale of) Śārṅkhaka

द्वात्रिंशयत्thirty-second

अधिकadditional; plus

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Mayadarśana Parva

Śārkaka (upākhyāna/episode)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the Mahābhārata’s nested structure (parva, sub-parva/section, and embedded tale). Its lesson is primarily textual: it preserves transmission accuracy and contextual placement rather than presenting a direct ethical injunction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narration pauses to formally close the chapter, identifying it as Chapter 232 of the Ādi Parva, within the Mayadarśana section, specifically in the embedded ‘Śārkaka’ episode.