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Shloka 187

Adhyāya 188: Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account of Yuga-Decline and the Restoration Motif

Kali-yuga to Kalki

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि मत्स्योपाख्याने सप्ताशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi matsyopākhyāne saptāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Vana Parva—di bawah bahagian yang dikenali sebagai Markandeya Samasya Parva—kisah Matsya berakhir di sini secara rasmi, menandai bab yang ke-seratus lapan puluh tujuh.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samāsya section (sub-parvan)

मत्स्योपाख्यानेin the Matsya-episode (story of the fish)

सप्ताशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-eighty-seventh (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahabharata

Vana Parva

Markandeya

Matsya-upakhyana

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 itself is not a teaching verse but a colophon. Its function is to frame the preceding story within the Mahabharata’s ethical discourse: it signals completion of a narrative unit so the reader can relate its lessons to the broader dharma-focused arc of the Vana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action has concluded; the text is formally closing the Matsya episode and identifying its placement: in the Mahabharata, within the Vana Parva, in the Markandeya-related section, as the 187th chapter.