Mahabharata 3.201.200 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 201, Shloka 200

Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि दानमाहात्म्ये द्विशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi dānamāhātmye dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वात, मार्कण्डेय-समास्यापर्वातील दानमाहात्म्यविषयक द्विशततम अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

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

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samasyā sub-parvan
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानमाहात्म्ये: in (the section on) the greatness of giving
• दानमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानमाहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• द्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Dāna (giving/charity)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals the completion of a teaching unit on dāna-māhātmya—emphasizing that giving is treated as a major dharmic virtue whose merit and ethical value warrant a dedicated discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal closing statement (colophon) marking the end of the two-hundredth chapter within the Vana Parva section associated with Mārkaṇḍeya’s discourse, specifically the portion devoted to the greatness of charity.