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Shloka 182

Vainya-Aśvamedhe Atri–Gautama–Sanatkumāra-Nirṇaya

Vainya’s Sacrifice and the Settlement of a Dharmic Dispute

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि काम्यकवनप्रवेशे द्यशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi kāmyakavanapraveśe dyaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ വനപർവത്തിൽ, മാർകണ്ഡേയസമാസ്യാപർവത്തിന്റെ അന്തർഗതമായി, ‘കാമ്യകവനപ്രവേശം’ എന്ന നൂറ്റി എൺപത്തിമൂന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā sub-parvan

काम्यकवनप्रवेशेin (the section on) entering the Kāmyaka forest

द्व्यशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred eighty-second (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Kāmyaka forest

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; its ethical function is structural—marking the narrative shift into forest exile, where dharma is tested through patience, self-control, and steadfastness amid deprivation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing Chapter 183 of the Vana Parva and identifying its topic as the entry into the Kāmyaka forest, within the section connected to the summarized discourse of the sage Mārkaṇḍeya.