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Shloka 212

कार्त्तिकेय-जन्मोपक्रमः

Prelude to the Birth of Kārttikeya/Skanda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे दादशाधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपवके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मण-व्याध- संवादविषयक दो सौ बारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

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

Translation

ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਵਨਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਮਾਰਕੰਡੇਯਸਮਾਸ੍ਯਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ-ਵਿਆਧ ਸੰਵਾਦ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਦ੍ਵਾਦਸ਼ਾਧਿਕ ਦ੍ਵਿਸ਼ਤਤਮ (ਦੋ ਸੌ ਬਾਰ੍ਹਵਾਂ) ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samāsya sub-parvan

ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादेin the dialogue of the brāhmaṇa and the hunter

द्वादशाधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-twelfth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parvan

Brāhmaṇa

Vyādha

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 is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; it signals the completion of the brāhmaṇa–vyādha dialogue, a narrative frame used to illuminate dharma through practical ethics and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter and identifies its placement: within Vana Parva, in the Mārkaṇḍeya-related sub-section, concluding the brāhmaṇa–vyādha conversation and marking the end of Adhyāya 212.