Shloka 200

पञ्चमहाभूतगुण-इन्द्रियनिग्रह-उपदेशः | Teaching on the Qualities of the Five Elements and Sense-Control

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत वनप्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें दानमाहात्म्यविषयक दो सौवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi dānamāhātmyaviṣayakaḥ dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweihundertste Kapitel des Vana Parva im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Abschnitt Markandeya-samāsya, über die Größe des Gebens (dāna).

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samasya section/parvan

दानमाहात्म्यविषयकःhaving the topic of the greatness of giving

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/has become (ended)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Markaṇḍeya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter is identified as teaching dāna-māhātmya—the ethical and spiritual greatness of generosity—presenting giving as a key expression of dharma that yields merit and supports social and religious order.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a concluding colophon: it announces that the two-hundredth chapter in the Vana Parva, within the Markaṇḍeya section, has been completed, marking the end of a discourse on the merits of charity.