Shloka 201

Guṇa-vibhāga and Prāṇa–Agni–Yoga Upadeśa (गुणविभाग तथा प्राण-अग्नि-योगोपदेश)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ एकवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi Dhundhumāropākhyānavishayaka dviśata-ekaviṃśatitamodhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຈຶ່ງສິ້ນສຸດຢ່າງເປັນທາງການ ບົດທີ 201 ຂອງເລື່ອງ «ທຸນທຸມາຣະ» ທີ່ຢູ່ໃນພາກ «ມາຣກັນເດຍ» ໃນ «ວະນະປະຣະວະ» ແຫ່ງມະຫາພາຣະຕະອັນສັກສິດ. ນີ້ແມ່ນຄໍາປິດທ້າຍ ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນການສໍາເລັດຂອງນິທານສອນໃຈນີ້ ໃນກອບຄຸນທໍາແລະຈິດວິນຍານຂອງປຶ້ມປ່າ.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samasya Parva (section)
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयके: concerning the Dhundhumara-upakhyana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्विशत: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सम्पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parva
• Dhundhumāra Upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a didactic episode within the Mahābhārata’s forest-book, reminding readers that such embedded tales are framed as moral exempla within a larger ethical narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The storyteller’s section is being formally closed: the text announces that the 201st chapter dealing with the Dhundhumāra episode, within the Mārkaṇḍeya section of the Vana Parva, has ended.