Shloka 228
चित्रसेनगन्धर्वैः कौरवसंनिपातः
Citrasena and the Kaurava engagement
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्यानके प्रयंगनें कुमारोत्पत्तिविषयक दो सौ अट्ठाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi āṅgirasopākhyānasya prayojane kumārotpatti-viṣayakaḥ dviśatāṣṭāviṃśatitamodhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Vana Parva—di bagian Ringkasan Mārkaṇḍeya—dalam kisah Āṅgirasa, berakhirlah bab ke-228 yang membahas tema kelahiran seorang putra.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line primarily teaches how the Mahābhārata frames stories as purposeful exempla: episodes (upākhyānas) are embedded within larger books to convey moral and social values—here, the significance of progeny/continuity and the completion of a didactic unit under Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration.
This is not a narrative event but an editorial/narrative marker: Mārkaṇḍeya’s spoken section closes the 228th chapter of the Āṅgirasa episode, identified as dealing with the theme of a son’s birth, and announces the chapter’s completion within the Vana Parva.