Shloka 201

Guṇa-vibhāga and Prāṇa–Agni–Yoga Upadeśa (गुणविभाग तथा प्राण-अग्नि-योगोपदेश)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ एकवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi Dhundhumāropākhyānavishayaka dviśata-ekaviṃśatitamodhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir bab ke-201 kisah Dhundhumāra, yang terkandung dalam bahagian Mārkaṇḍeya di dalam Vana Parva Mahābhārata yang suci. Unit naratif ini ditutup secara rasmi, menandai selesainya kisah pengajaran ini dalam bingkai moral dan rohani yang lebih luas bagi “Kitab Hutan”.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samasya Parva (section)

धुन्धुमारोपाख्यानविषयकेconcerning the Dhundhumara-upakhyana

द्विशतtwo-hundredth

एकone

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parva

Dhundhumāra Upākhyāna

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 signals the completion of a didactic episode within the Mahābhārata’s forest-book, reminding readers that such embedded tales are framed as moral exempla within a larger ethical narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The storyteller’s section is being formally closed: the text announces that the 201st chapter dealing with the Dhundhumāra episode, within the Mārkaṇḍeya section of the Vana Parva, has ended.