Shloka 201
Guṇa-vibhāga and Prāṇa–Agni–Yoga Upadeśa (गुणविभाग तथा प्राण-अग्नि-योगोपदेश)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ एकवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi Dhundhumāropākhyānavishayaka dviśata-ekaviṃśatitamodhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Ainsi s’achève le deux-cent-unième chapitre de l’épisode de Dhundhumāra, contenu dans la section de Mārkaṇḍeya du Vana Parva du Mahābhārata sacré. L’unité du récit est close selon l’usage, marquant l’achèvement de cette histoire édifiante dans le vaste cadre moral et spirituel du Livre de la Forêt.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a didactic episode within the Mahābhārata’s forest-book, reminding readers that such embedded tales are framed as moral exempla within a larger ethical narrative.
The storyteller’s section is being formally closed: the text announces that the 201st chapter dealing with the Dhundhumāra episode, within the Mārkaṇḍeya section of the Vana Parva, has ended.