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Shloka 221

द्रौपदी–सत्यभामा संवादः

Draupadī and Satyabhāmā on ethical household conduct

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि आंगिरसोपाख्याने एकविंशत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ इक्कीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi āṅgirasopākhyāne ekaviṃśatyadhikadvāśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | itthaṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparva-ke antargata mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparva meṃ āṅgirasopākhyāna-viṣayaka do sau ikkīsavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „So endet im Mahābhārata, im Vana Parva, innerhalb des Abschnitts Markandeya-samāsya, die Erzählung namens Āṅgirasa Upākhyāna — dies ist das zweihunderteinundzwanzigste Kapitel.“ Mit anderen Worten: Dieses Kolophon schließt das Kapitel förmlich, bezeugt den Abschluss der Episode und lädt den Hörer ein, ihre ethische Lehre als Teil der dharma-Unterweisung des Waldbuches durch beispielhafte Geschichten im Gedächtnis zu bewahren.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā-parvan (section)

आंगिरसोपाख्यानेin the Āṅgirasa episode (sub-tale)

एकविंशत्यधिकद्वधिशततमःthe two-hundred-and-twenty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya-parvan (section name as printed)

Āṅgirasa Upākhyāna

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 verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: its function is to mark closure and preserve the integrity of transmission. Indirectly, it reinforces the Mahābhārata’s method of teaching dharma through framed episodes (upākhyānas) embedded within larger parvans.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker label ‘Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca’ and the concluding formula ‘iti … adhyāyaḥ’ indicate that Markandeya’s telling of the Āṅgirasa-related episode has reached its end, and the 221st chapter is formally concluded within the Vana Parva.