Shloka 211

कार्त्तिकेय-जन्मोपक्रमः

Prelude to the Birth of Kārttikeya/Skanda

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपव॑के अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मण-व्याध- संवादविषयक दो सौ ग्यारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi brāhmaṇa-vyādha-saṁvāda-viṣayaka dviśata-ekādaśatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

So endet das zweihundertelfte Kapitel der Vana Parva des Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Unterabschnitts Markandeya Samasya, das den Dialog zwischen dem Brāhmaṇa und dem Jäger behandelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan

अन्तर्गतेincluded; contained (within)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā-parvan

ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादविषयकःhaving as its topic the dialogue of the brāhmaṇa and the hunter

द्विशतtwo-hundred (as an ordinal base)

एकादशःeleventh

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya (as part of the sub-parva title)

Brāhmaṇa

Vyādha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter whose subject is the Brahmin–Vyādha dialogue; its framing emphasizes dharma taught through lived conduct and reasoned conversation, highlighting that ethical insight can come from unexpected social roles.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not a spoken verse of the dialogue itself but an editorial/narrative closing statement: it announces that the 211th chapter, focused on the Brahmin and the hunter’s conversation within the Vana Parva’s Markandeya-related sub-section, has concluded.