Shloka 207

Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ

Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे सप्ताधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादविषयक दो सौ सातवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi brāhmaṇa-vyādha-saṃvāde saptādhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वातील मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वात ब्राह्मण-व्याध-संवादविषयक दोनशे सातवा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

itithus; so (end-quotation marker)

śrīmahābhāratein the venerable Mahābhārata

vanaparvaṇiin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇiin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya sub-parvan

brāhmaṇavyādhasaṃvādein the dialogue of the brāhmaṇa and the hunter

saptādhikaseven more (i.e., plus seven)

dviśatatamaḥtwo-hundredth (ordinal)

adhyāyaḥchapter

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya (section title reference)

Brāhmaṇa (the Brahmin interlocutor)

Vyādha (the hunter interlocutor)

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 verse is a colophon marking the end of the Brahmin–Hunter dialogue chapter; its function is to close the unit of instruction, highlighting that the preceding discussion is a completed teaching on dharma and ethical conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally concludes the chapter within Vana Parva, identifying the section (Markandeya-related sub-parvan) and the episode (the Brahmin and the hunter’s dialogue), and stating that the 207th chapter has ended.