Shloka 219

भद्रवटगमनम् — स्कन्देन महिषदानवनिग्रहः

Bhadravaṭa Procession and Skanda’s Neutralization of Mahiṣa

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ उतन्नीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyāparva-meṁ āṅgirasa-upākhyāna-viṣayaka do sau unnīsavāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

かくして『マハーバーラタ』森林篇（ヴァナ・パルヴァ）における「マールカンデーヤ・サマーシャ」章内、アーンギラサの説話を扱う第二百十九章は終わる。（これは章の完結を示すコロフォン風の結語であり、物語の続きではない。）

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीglory/auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतMahabharata

वनof the forest

पर्वof the book/section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

मार्कण्डेयin (the section of) Markandeya

यमास्यin the Yamasya-(subsection) (title element)

पर्वin the parva/sub-parva

आङ्गिरसof Angiras/Angirasa

उपाख्यानof the episode/tale

विषयकconcerning/pertaining to

द्विtwo

शतhundred

उन्नविंशतितमtwo-hundred-nineteenth (ordinal)

अध्यायchapter

पूर्यhaving been completed/ending

अभवत्was/ended

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Āṅgirasa (Aṅgiras-related episode)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a didactic verse: its function is to signal closure and to locate the chapter within the epic’s structure (Vana Parva → Markandeya section → Āṅgirasa episode). The implicit lesson is methodological—pay attention to textual framing and context before extracting ethical teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses: the editor’s/reciter’s closing formula announces that the chapter dealing with the Āṅgirasa episode within the Markandeya section of the Vana Parva has been completed.