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Shloka 199

Dharma-vyādha on the Subtlety of Dharma, Karma, and the Continuity of the Jīva (Āraṇyaka-parva 200)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्याने नवनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi indradyumnopākhyāne navanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Vana Parva—en la sección llamada Markandeya Samasya Parvan—concluye el episodio de Indradyumna, cerrándose el capítulo ciento noventa y nueve (adhyāya 199).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā-parvan (subsection)

इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानेin the tale (upākhyāna) of Indradyumna

नवनवत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-ninety-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Indradyumna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s layered structure (parva, sub-parva, upākhyāna, adhyāya) and the tradition of careful textual transmission, where narratives are framed, titled, and formally concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals the formal close of a chapter and the completion of the Indradyumna sub-story within the Vana Parva’s Markandeya-related section, marking a transition point before the next chapter begins.