Shloka 191

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy

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Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि युधिष्ठिरानुशासने एकनवत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपववके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें युधिष्ठिरके लिये उपदेशविषयक एक सौ इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirānuśāsane ekanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva—under the sub-section known as the Mārkaṇḍeya Samāsyā Parva—the one hundred and ninety-first chapter, consisting of instruction addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

• {'iti': 'thus

• indicating conclusion', 'śrīmahābhārate': 'in the Śrī Mahābhārata (locative)', 'vanaparvaṇi': 'in the Vana Parva

• the Forest Book (locative)', 'mārkaṇḍeya': 'Mārkaṇḍeya (name of the sage)', 'samāsyāparvaṇi': 'in the Samāsyā-parvan section (a named sub-parvan/episode division)', 'yudhiṣṭhira': 'Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava)', 'anuśāsane': 'in the instruction/disciplinary teaching

• counsel (locative)', 'eka-navati-adhika-śata-tamaḥ': 'one hundred and ninety-first (ordinal)', 'adhyāyaḥ': 'chapter'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it signals that the chapter’s content consisted of anuśāsana—ethical instruction or counsel—directed to Yudhiṣṭhira, and it formally closes that unit of discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) concludes the chapter by naming the textual location: within the Vana Parva, in the Mārkaṇḍeya-related sub-section, the 191st chapter—focused on advising Yudhiṣṭhira—has ended.