Shloka 224

Kaurava Court Hears of the Pāṇḍavas’ Forest Hardship (वैचित्रवीर्यवंशीयस्य राज्ञः करुणाविचारः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि आद्धिरसोपाख्याने स्कन्दोत्पत्तौ चतुर्विशत्यधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi āddhirāsopākhyāne skandotpattau caturviśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ਇਤੀ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਵਨਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਾਰਕੰਡੇਯਸਮਾਸਿਆਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਆੱਧਿਰਸੋਪਾਖਿਆਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਕੰਦ ਦੀ ਉਤਪੱਤੀ-ਵਿਸ਼ੇ ਵਾਲਾ ਦੋ ਸੌ ਚੌਵੀਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाin the great (work)

भारतेin the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya sub-parvan

आद्धिरसोपाख्यानेin the Āddhirasa-upākhyāna (episode)

स्कन्दोत्पत्तौin (the section on) the birth/origin of Skanda

चतुर्विंशतिtwenty-four

अधिकadditional; over and above

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Samāsyā-parvan

Āddhirāsa Upākhyāna

Skanda

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it emphasizes textual order and faithful transmission—marking where an episode ends so that the narrative and its ethical reflections can be preserved and referenced accurately.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The colophon identifies the larger book (Vana Parva), the sub-section (Mārkaṇḍeya Samāsyā-parvan), the embedded tale (Āddhirāsa Upākhyāna), and the topic (Skanda’s birth), and states the chapter count.