Shloka 227

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत मयदर्शनपर्वमें मयदानवकी रक्षाविषयक दो सौ सत्ताईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata ādiparvake antargata mayadarśanaparvame mayadānavakī rakṣāviṣayaka dviśata-saptaviṁśatitam adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଆଦିପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ମୟଦର୍ଶନପର୍ବରେ ମୟଦାନବର ରକ୍ଷାବିଷୟକ ଦୁଇଶେ ସତାଇଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

मयदर्शनपर्वणिin the Mayadarshana Parva

मयदानवस्यof Maya the Danava

रक्षाविषयकःconcerning the protection

द्विशतसप्तविंशतितमःtwo-hundred-and-twenty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Mayadarśana-parva

Maya Dānava

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 concluding colophon, the line highlights the chapter’s subject—Maya Dānava’s protection—implicitly valuing restraint and the dharmic impulse to safeguard one who is spared or seeks refuge, even within a broader context of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement marking the completion of the 227th chapter of the Mayadarśana section within the Ādi Parva, specifying that the chapter’s topic concerned the protection of Maya Dānava.