Shloka 209

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे नवाधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपवके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मण-व्याध- संवादविषयक दो सौ नौवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi brāhmaṇa-vyādha-saṃvāde navādhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Vana Parva, im Abschnitt, der Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parva genannt wird, der Dialog zwischen dem Brāhmaṇa und dem Vyādha (dem Jäger); damit ist das zweihundertneunte Kapitel vollendet. Dieses Kolophon verkündet den Abschluss einer Lehrpassage, in der Dharma durch Gespräch und gelebtes Handeln geprüft wird, nicht bloß durch Stand oder Gelehrsamkeit.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya sub-parvan

ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादेin the dialogue of the brāhmaṇa and the hunter

नवाधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parva

Brāhmaṇa

Vyādha

Character Dynamics

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?

As a colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing the preceding episode: dharma is to be understood through reflective dialogue and demonstrated conduct, not merely by social label (brāhmaṇa) or occupation (vyādha).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the Brāhmaṇa–Vyādha dialogue within the Vana Parva’s Mārkaṇḍeya-related section, stating that the 209th chapter has ended.