Shloka 204

Vyādha–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Śāpa, Vṛtta-Dharma, and Counsel Against Viṣāda

Grief

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपवके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ चारवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi dhundhumāropākhyānaviṣayakaḥ dviśata-catur-adhikaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वातील मार्कण्डेय-समास्यापर्वात धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयक दोनशे चौथा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded; contained (within)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samasyā section/parvan

धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयकेconcerning the Dhundhumara-upakhyana

द्विशतचतुर्थःtwo-hundred-and-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Dhundhumāra (upākhyāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 attentiveness to textual closure: it marks the completion of an instructive sub-tale (upākhyāna) and invites the listener/reader to retain its dharmic and exemplary lessons before moving on.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sage Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration reaches a formal stopping point: the Dhundhumāra-related episode within the Vana Parva’s Markandeya section is declared finished, and the chapter is concluded.