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Shloka 183

Sarasvatī–Tārkṣya Saṃvāda: Agnihotra-vidhi, Dāna-phala, and Mokṣa-prasaṅga (सरस्वती–तार्क्ष्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि तयशीत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें एक सौ तिरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi trayāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वातील मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वात एकशे त्र्याऐंशीवा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspicious; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samasyā-parvan (sub-section)

त्रयशीत्यधिकशततमःone hundred and eighty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

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?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its function is to authenticate and locate the narrative within the epic’s structure (parva and internal sub-section), emphasizing the traditional framing through which dharmic instruction is transmitted.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker’s discourse reaches a formal stopping point: the chapter is declared complete within Vana Parva, under the Mārkaṇḍeya-related sub-division, marking a transition to the next chapter or section.