Shloka 220

द्रौपदी–सत्यभामा संवादः

Draupadī and Satyabhāmā on ethical household conduct

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत वनपवकि अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्मानविषयक दो सौ बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi āṅgirasopākhyānaviṣayakaḥ dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the two-hundred-and-twentieth chapter of the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the Markandeya-Samāsya section, dealing with the Āṅgirasa narrative. This closing colophon signals the completion of a unit of teaching and storytelling, marking a pause for reflection on the moral and spiritual import of the episode just narrated.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samasyā section/parvan
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय-समास्य-पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आङ्गिरसोपाख्यानविषयक: concerning the Angirasa-upakhyana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आङ्गिरस-उपाख्यान-विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundred-and-twentieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाप्तः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Āṅgirasa (Aṅgiras lineage/episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its teaching is structural—signaling closure and encouraging the listener/reader to assimilate the ethical and spiritual lessons of the preceding Āṅgirasa episode within the broader dharma-focused discourse of the Vana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration reaches a formal stopping point: the text announces that the chapter (and the unit focused on the Āṅgirasa upākhyāna within the Markandeya-related subsection of the Vana Parva) has concluded.