Shloka 230
Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve
Gandharva Encounter
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्यानके प्रसंगरें मनुष्योंको कष्ट देनेवाले ग्रहोंके वर्णनये सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला दो सौ तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi āṅgirasopākhyānaprasaṅge manuṣyānāṃ kaṣṭaṃ dadatāṃ grahāṇāṃ varṇanena sambandhaṃ rakṣamāṇaḥ dviśatatritamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ |
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ವನಪರ್ವದ ಅಂತರಗತ ಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯಸಮಾಸ್ಯಾಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಂಗಿರಸೋಪಾಖ್ಯಾನದ ಪ್ರಸಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾನವರಿಗೆ ಕಷ್ಟ ನೀಡುವ ಗ್ರಹಗಳ ವರ್ಣನೆಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಎರಡೂ ನೂರ ಮுப்பತ್ತನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon frames the preceding discussion as a moral and reflective lesson: human hardship may arise from larger cosmic conditions (grahas), and the appropriate response is steadiness, discernment, and adherence to dharma rather than despair or blame.
This is an end-of-chapter closing statement. It announces that the chapter—set within the Markandeya section and the Āṅgirasa episode—has concluded, specifically noting that it dealt with describing the grahas whose influences trouble human beings.