Shloka 222

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata Vanaparvake antargata Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvame Āṅgirasopākhyānaviṣayaka Agniprādurbhāvasambandhī dveśatabāīsvāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ വനപർവ്വത്തിന്റെ അന്തർഗതമായ മാർകണ്ഡേയ-സമാസ്യാപർവ്വത്തിൽ ആംഗിരസോപാഖ്യാനവിഷയക അഗ്നിപ്രാദുർഭാവസംബന്ധിയായ ഇരുനൂറ്റി ഇരുപത്തിരണ്ടാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीrevered/auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतMahabharata

वनपर्वin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

मार्कण्डेयin (the section of) Markandeya

उपाख्यानin the episode/narrative

विषयकconcerning/pertaining to

अग्निof Agni / fire

प्रादुर्भावof the manifestation/appearance

सम्बन्धीrelated to/connected with

द्विशतtwo-hundredth

द्वाविंशtwenty-second

अध्यायchapter

समाप्तcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Āṅgirasa (upākhyāna)

Agni

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 teaches textual discipline and the ethical importance of preserving and transmitting sacred narratives accurately; it frames the episode as part of a larger dharmic tradition rather than an isolated story.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker-marked section concludes: it announces that the chapter concerning the Āṅgirasa episode and Agni’s manifestation has been completed within the Markandeya-related subsection of the Vana Parva.