Shloka 182

Sarasvatī–Tārkṣya Saṃvāda: Agnihotra-vidhi, Dāna-phala, and Mokṣa-prasaṅga (सरस्वती–तार्क्ष्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत वनपवकि अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें काम्यकवनगमनविषयक एक सौ बयासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargata-mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyāparvaṇi kāmyakavana-gamana-viṣayaka ekaśata-dvāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ke-182 dari Vana Parva dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada bagian Markandeya-samāsya Parva, yang mengisahkan perjalanan menuju hutan Kāmyaka.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (glorious) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samasya Parva (section)

काम्यकवनगमनविषयकःconcerning the going to the Kamyaka forest

एकशतद्व्यशीतितमःone hundred eighty-second

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya (as section-name reference)

Kāmyaka forest

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the narrative ethically by emphasizing completion and orderly transmission of the text. The implied lesson is steadiness and continuity in dharma—life in exile proceeds by stages, and each stage is to be met with discipline and purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement for the chapter whose subject is the Pandavas’ movement toward (or concerning) the Kāmyaka forest, situated within the Vana Parva and a subsection associated with Mārkaṇḍeya. It marks the end of that chapter and prepares for the next narrative segment.