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Shloka 195

स्त्रीणां माहात्म्यप्रश्नः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry into the Excellence of Women

Pativratā-Dharma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि नाहुषचरिते पञ्चनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi nāhuṣacarite pañcanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one-hundred-and-ninety-fifth chapter of the Nahusha episode, within the Markandeya Samasya sub-section of the Vana Parva of the revered Mahabharata.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Forest Book (Vana Parva)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samasyā section (sub-parvan)

नाहुषचरितेin the episode/story of Nahusha

पञ्चनवत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-ninety-fifth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Nahusha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse; its function is to mark the close of a chapter and locate it within the Mahabharata’s larger structure, reminding readers that ethical narratives (like Nahusha’s) are embedded in an organized textual tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the text formally announces the end of a chapter in the Nahusha story, situated within the Markandeya-related section of the Vana Parva.