Shloka 190

इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानम्

Indradyumna Upākhyāna: On Kīrti, Smṛti, and Restoration

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि भविष्यकथने नवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi bhaviṣyatkathane navatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva—specifically in the Markandeya-samāsya section—ends the chapter concerned with the narration of future events, being the one hundred and ninetieth chapter.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samāsya sub-parvan
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भविष्यकथने: in the narration of the future (prophecy section)
• भविष्यकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भविष्यकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नवत्यधिकशततमः: one hundred and ninetieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not add new doctrine; it signals that the preceding discourse was framed as 'bhaviṣyat-kathana'—instruction through foretelling. The ethical implication is that knowing likely outcomes encourages steadiness in dharma and restraint from actions that lead to foreseeable harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter within Vana Parva, identifying the internal section (Markandeya-samāsya) and the theme (narration of future events). It functions as an editorial boundary marker rather than spoken dialogue content.