Shloka 225

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि आंगिरसे कुमारोत्पत्तौ पज्चविंशत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi āṅgirase kumārotpattau pañcaviṃśatyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section known as the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parva, in the episode concerning the birth of the son of the Āṅgirasa lineage, ends the two-hundred-and-twenty-fifth chapter (i.e., the 225th adhyāya).

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the holy 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

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samasyā sub-parvan
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय-समास्य-पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आंगिरसे: in (the section concerning) the descendant of Aṅgiras / Āṅgirasa
• आंगिरसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कुमारोत्पत्तौ: in the (topic of) the birth/origin of the prince/son (Kumāra)
• कुमारोत्पत्तौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार-उत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चविंशत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-twenty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चविंशति-अधिक-द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Aṅgiras (Āṅgirasa lineage)
• Kumāra (the son/child whose birth is the episode theme)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata self-organizes—by parva, sub-parva, and episode-title—so that the narrative and its ethical discussions can be accurately located and transmitted.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the close of an adhyāya within Vana Parva, specifically within the Mārkaṇḍeya-related sub-section, and identifies the chapter’s topic as an episode concerning the birth of a son in the Āṅgirasa lineage.