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Shloka 192

Kuvalāśva’s Lineage and Uttaṅka’s Petition concerning Dhundhu (धुन्धु-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि मण्ड्रकोपाख्याने द्विनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi maṇḍrakopākhyāne dvinavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Vana Parva—en la sección llamada Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parvan—concluye el relato conocido como el episodio de Maṇḍraka; aquí termina el capítulo ciento noventa y dos.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samāsya section (sub-parvan)

मण्ड्रकोपाख्यानेin the episode called ‘Maṇḍraka’

द्विनवत्यधिकशततमःone hundred and ninety-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वामदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya (implied by section name)

Maṇḍraka (episode/title)

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?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: its purpose is to mark textual boundaries—identifying the larger work (Mahābhārata), the book (Vana Parva), the internal section (Mārkaṇḍeya-related sub-parvan), and the specific episode (Maṇḍraka). The ethical value is indirect: it preserves the integrity of transmission and helps readers situate teachings within their narrative context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative portion has just concluded an episode referred to as the Maṇḍraka Upākhyāna within the Mārkaṇḍeya-related section of the Vana Parva. This sentence functions as an editorial/recensional closing formula announcing the end of the 192nd chapter.