Shloka 215

आरण्यकपर्वणि अध्यायः २१६ — इन्द्र-स्कन्द-संमुखता वज्रप्रहारश्च

Indra approaches Skanda; vajra strike and the arising of Viśākha

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे पजञ्चदशाधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi brāhmaṇa-vyādha-saṃvāde pañcadaśādhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Así concluye, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Vana Parva, en la sección vinculada a Mārkaṇḍeya, el diálogo entre el Brāhmaṇa y el Vyādha (el cazador): el capítulo doscientos quince.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious 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 (sub-parvan)
• 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

• पञ्चदशाधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-fifteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदशाधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Brāhmaṇa
• Vyādha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it marks the formal end of the Brāhmaṇa–Vyādha dialogue. Its significance is contextual—presenting the Vyādha’s instruction on dharma (right conduct in ordinary life) as a completed, authoritative unit within Vana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces the conclusion of the two-hundred-and-fifteenth chapter in the Vana Parva, specifically the portion describing the dialogue between a Brāhmaṇa and a hunter (Vyādha), situated within the section associated with the sage Mārkaṇḍeya.