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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

Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Vana Parva—en particular, en la sección Markandeya-samāsya—concluye el capítulo dedicado a la narración de los sucesos futuros, el capítulo centésimo nonagésimo.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samāsya sub-parvan

भविष्यकथनेin the narration of the future (prophecy section)

नवत्यधिकशततमःone hundred and ninetieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.