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

Demikianlah berakhir bab ke-229 tentang kisah Skanda, dalam rangka sub-kisah Āṅgirasa, pada bagian ringkasan wejangan Mārkaṇḍeya di Vana Parva dari Śrī Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतMahabharata

वनforest

पर्वbook; section (parva)

केof/in (Hindi postposition; not classical Sanskrit)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

मार्कण्डेयMarkandeya (sage)

समास्यsummary; compendious (as in 'samāsya-parvan')

पर्वin the parvan/section

मेंin (Hindi postposition; not classical Sanskrit)

आंगिरसof Angiras; Angirasa

उपाख्यानepisode; sub-narrative

केof (Hindi postposition; not classical Sanskrit)

प्रसंगin the context/occasion

रे(vocative particle in Hindi; not classical Sanskrit)

स्कन्दSkanda (Kartikeya)

उपाख्यानepisode; sub-narrative

सम्बन्धीrelated to; concerning

दोtwo (Hindi form; Sanskrit 'dve/dvau')

शतhundred

उनतीसtwenty-nine (Hindi form; Sanskrit 'ekonatriṃśat')

वाँordinal suffix (Hindi; not classical Sanskrit)

अध्यायchapter

पूराcomplete (Hindi usage; Sanskrit 'पूर्ण')

हुआwas; became (ended)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda

Āṅgirasa (upākhyāna)

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyāparva

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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: 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.