Shloka 208

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि पतिव्रतोपाख्याने ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे अष्टाधिकद्विशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi pativratopākhyāne brāhmaṇavyādhasaṃvāde aṣṭādhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata pada Vana Parva—di bagian yang disebut Markandeya Samasya Parva—dalam kisah Pativratā-upākhyāna, pada dialog antara brāhmaṇa dan pemburu, berakhirlah bab ke-208.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'holy'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samāsya sub-parvan

पतिव्रतोपाख्यानेin the tale of the devoted wife (Pativratā-upākhyāna)

ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादेin the dialogue of the brāhmaṇa and the hunter

अष्टाधिकद्विशततमःtwo hundred and eight (208th)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Pativratā (devoted wife) upākhyāna

Brāhmaṇa

Vyādha (hunter)

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?

This line is a colophon, not a doctrinal verse: it signals the closure of a chapter within a dharma-focused narrative (the Pativratā tale and the brāhmaṇa–vyādha dialogue), emphasizing that the surrounding material concerns right conduct and ethical living.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the end of the chapter: it locates the episode within Vana Parva, inside the Markandeya-related section, specifically during the Pativratā-upākhyāna and the brāhmaṇa–hunter dialogue.