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Shloka 290

अग्निवंशवर्णनम् (Agni-vaṃśa-varṇana) / The Genealogy and Function of Agni

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मणमाहात्म्यविषयक दो सौ दसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvame brāhmaṇamāhātmyaviṣayaka dviśata-daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So ist im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Vana Parva—insbesondere in der Untersektion Markandeya Samasya—das zweihundertzehnte Kapitel vollendet, das von Größe und Heiligkeit des Brāhmaṇa handelt. Diese Zeile dient als formeller Kolophon und bezeichnet das Ende einer Lehr-Einheit, die ethisches Handeln und Ehrfurcht vor geistiger Disziplin hervorhebt.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमहाभारतof the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained (within)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वin the Markandeya-samasya sub-parva

ब्राह्मणमाहात्म्यविषयकhaving as its topic the greatness of Brahmins

द्विशतtwo-hundred (and)

दशमtenth

अध्यायchapter

पूराcomplete; finished

अभवत्was; became (was completed)

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā-parva

Brāhmaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line does not add new instruction; it signals that the preceding unit’s teaching centers on brāhmaṇa-māhātmya—upholding dharma through respect for learning, restraint, and spiritual authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator/editorial voice closes the chapter, identifying its placement in Vana Parva and its topic, and formally marking the end of the adhyāya.