Shloka 232

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि आद्धिरसे कार्तिकेयस्तवे द्वात्रिंशयदधिकद्वधिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi āddhirase kārtikeyastave dvātriṃśayadadhikadvadhīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section called the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parvan, in the (subsection) Āddhirasa, the two-hundred-and-thirty-second chapter: the Hymn of Praise to Kārtikeya. (This is a colophon marking the close of the chapter.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samāsya section (sub-parvan)

आद्धिरसेin the Āddhirasa (section/name as transmitted)

कार्तिकेयस्तवेin the hymn to Kārttikeya

द्वात्रिंशत्thirty-two

अधिकadditional; over and above

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Kārtikeya

Character Dynamics

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 rather than a teaching verse: it emphasizes the traditional framing of sacred narrative—chapters are carefully attributed, titled, and situated within larger sections, underscoring reverence for textual transmission and devotional context (here, praise of Kārtikeya).

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The colophon identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Vana Parva), the internal section associated with Mārkaṇḍeya, and the chapter’s theme (a hymn to Kārtikeya), and it states the chapter number.