Shloka 192
मधुकैटभवधोपाख्यानम्
The Account of the Slaying of Madhu and Kaiṭabha
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपवके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें मण्ड्रकोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ बानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi maṇḍrakopākhyānaviṣayaka ekaśatabāṇanavatyadhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Assim termina o centésimo nonagésimo segundo capítulo, referente ao episódio de Maṇḍraka, na seção Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya do Vana Parva do venerável Mahābhārata. Esta fórmula de encerramento assinala a conclusão de uma unidade narrativa e anuncia a transição para a parte seguinte do livro da floresta, de teor moral e instrutivo.
वामदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to formally close a chapter and indicate the textual placement of the preceding episode. The ethical value is indirect: it frames the Mahābhārata’s instruction as organized teaching through episodes (upākhyānas) embedded within larger sections.
The narrator/editorial voice announces that the chapter dealing with the Maṇḍraka episode has concluded within the Mārkaṇḍeya-related section of the Vana Parva, preparing the reader for the next chapter or narrative unit.