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Shloka 212

कार्त्तिकेय-जन्मोपक्रमः

Prelude to the Birth of Kārttikeya/Skanda

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

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

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Vana Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt, der Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parvan genannt wird—der Dialog zwischen dem brāhmaṇa und dem Jäger (vyādha): Das zweihundertzwölfte Kapitel ist abgeschlossen. Dieses Schlusskolophon kennzeichnet die Vollendung der lehrhaften Erzählung, in der dharma durch die ethische Unterweisung des Jägers an den brāhmaṇa erhellt wird.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samāsya sub-parvan

ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादेin the dialogue of the brāhmaṇa and the hunter

द्वादशाधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-twelfth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parvan

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 rather than a doctrinal verse; it signals the completion of the brāhmaṇa–vyādha dialogue, a narrative frame used to illuminate dharma through practical ethics and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter and identifies its placement: within Vana Parva, in the Mārkaṇḍeya-related sub-section, concluding the brāhmaṇa–vyādha conversation and marking the end of Adhyāya 212.