Shloka 214

स्कन्दोपाख्यानम् — उत्पातशान्तिः, स्वाहारूपविचारः, कौमारमङ्गलक्रियाः

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे चतुर्दशाधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपवके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मण-व्याध- संवादविषयक दो सौ चौदहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi brāhmaṇa-vyādha-saṃvāde caturdaśādhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | itiprakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparva meṃ brāhmaṇa-vyādha-saṃvāda-viṣayaka do sau caudahvā̃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Vana Parva—en particular en la subsección Markandeya Samāsya—concluye el capítulo doscientos catorce, el diálogo entre el brāhmaṇa y el vyādha (cazador).

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā-parvan (section)
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे: in the dialogue of the brāhmaṇa and the hunter
• ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्दशाधिकद्विशततमः: the 214th (two-hundred-and-fourteenth)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशाधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya (as implied by the section title)
• Brāhmaṇa
• Vyādha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the end of the Brāhmaṇa–Vyādha dialogue section; its broader lesson is that dharma can be taught through lived ethical conduct, even by someone socially unexpected (the vyādha), emphasizing duty, right action, and moral discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter and the dialogue unit: it states that within the Vana Parva, in the Markandeya-related sub-section, the two-hundred-and-fourteenth chapter—the Brāhmaṇa–Vyādha conversation—has been completed.