Shloka 229

Duryodhana Seized by Citraseṇa; Kaurava Petition to Yudhiṣṭhira (दुर्योधनापहारः / चित्रसेनगन्धर्वग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्यानके प्रसंगरें स्कन्दोपाख्यानसम्बन्धी दो सौ उनतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyāparva-meṁ Āṅgirasa-upākhyāna-ke prasaṅga-meṁ Skanda-upākhyāna-sambandhī do sau unatīsavāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā ||

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo doscientos veintinueve, relativo al episodio de Skanda, inserto en el contexto del subrelato de Āṅgirasa, en la sección Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā del Vana Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata. Este pasaje es un colofón que marca la conclusión del capítulo, no un verso doctrinal pronunciado por un personaje.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: revered; auspiciousness (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वन: forest
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• पर्व: book; section (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• के: of/in (Hindi postposition; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क (युष्मद्/किम्-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तर्गत: included within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेय: Markandeya (sage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय
• Form: Masculine, Stem-form (compound member)

• समास्य: summary; compendious (as in 'samāsya-parvan')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समास्य
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• पर्व: in the parvan/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• में: in (Hindi postposition; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: में

• आंगिरस: of Angiras; Angirasa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• उपाख्यान: episode; sub-narrative
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• के: of (Hindi postposition; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: के

• प्रसंग: in the context/occasion
• प्रसंग: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रे: (vocative particle in Hindi; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रे

• स्कन्द: Skanda (Kartikeya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द
• Form: Masculine, Stem-form (compound member)

• उपाख्यान: episode; sub-narrative
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• सम्बन्धी: related to; concerning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्बन्धिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दो: two (Hindi form; Sanskrit 'dve/dvau')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Nominative/Accusative, Dual

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Stem-form (compound member)

• उनतीस: twenty-nine (Hindi form; Sanskrit 'ekonatriṃśat')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनत्रिंशत्
• Form: Stem-form (compound member)

• वाँ: ordinal suffix (Hindi; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वाँ

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

• पूरा: complete (Hindi usage; Sanskrit 'पूर्ण')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हुआ: was; became (ended)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Past (Hindi perfect), Third, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Skanda
• Āṅgirasa (upākhyāna)
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyāparva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it primarily teaches how the Mahābhārata is organized—through nested narratives (upākhyānas) within larger parvas—rather than presenting a direct ethical injunction. Its function is to signal closure and textual continuity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces that the chapter connected with the Skanda sub-narrative, situated within the Āṅgirasa episode and under the Mārkaṇḍeya section of the Vana Parva, has concluded.