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Shloka 199

Dharma-vyādha on the Subtlety of Dharma, Karma, and the Continuity of the Jīva (Āraṇyaka-parva 200)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्याने नवनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi indradyumnopākhyāne navanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वात, मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वांतर्गत इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यान समाप्त झाले; आणि एकशे नव्याण्णवावा अध्याय पूर्ण झाला।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā-parvan (subsection)

इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानेin the tale (upākhyāna) of Indradyumna

नवनवत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-ninety-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Indradyumna

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?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s layered structure (parva, sub-parva, upākhyāna, adhyāya) and the tradition of careful textual transmission, where narratives are framed, titled, and formally concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals the formal close of a chapter and the completion of the Indradyumna sub-story within the Vana Parva’s Markandeya-related section, marking a transition point before the next chapter begins.