Shloka 199

Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपवके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें इन्द्रहुम्नोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ निन्‍यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi Indradyumnopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-ekonaviṃśatitamodhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Thus ends the one-hundred-and-ninety-ninth chapter of the Indradyumna episode, within the Markandeya-samāsya section of the Vana Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata. Here the narration, as recounted by Vaiśampāyana, comes to a formal close for this portion.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samasya Parva (section)
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• इन्द्रहुम्नोपाख्यानविषयक: having as its subject the Indrahumnopakhyana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्रहुम्नोपाख्यानविषयक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• नवनवतितमः: one hundred ninety-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवनवतितम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पूर्णः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya (section name: Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvan)
• Indradyumna (episode: Indradyumnopākhyāna)