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Shloka 213

Skanda-janma: Śivā/Svāhā, Agni, and the Manifestation of Guha

Mahābhārata 3.214

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे त्रयोदशाधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादविषयक दो सौ तेरहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi brāhmaṇa-vyādha-saṃvāde trayodaśādhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

かくして『聖マハーバーラタ』の「森の巻（ヴァナ・パルヴァ）」、とりわけ「マールカンデーヤ略説」の段において、婆羅門と狩人（ヴャーダ）との対話は終わりを告げる。これにて第二百十三章は完結する。章末の結語は教誨の一段の成就を示し、ダルマとは身分や外形の名目ではなく、己の務めと行いによって生きられるべきものだと強調する。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samāsya sub-parvan

ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादेin the dialogue of the Brahmin and the hunter

त्रयोदशाधिकhaving thirteen more (i.e., plus thirteen)

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Brāhmaṇa

Vyādha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily signals completion, but it frames the episode’s ethical thrust: dharma is validated by right conduct and faithful performance of duty, not merely by birth, profession, or outward religious identity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the Brāhmaṇa–Vyādha dialogue within the Vana Parva’s Markandeya-related section, announcing that the 213th chapter has ended.