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Shloka 194

धौन्धुमारोपाख्यानम्

Dhaundhumāra-Upākhyāna: The Slaying of Dhundhu and the Epithet ‘Dhundhumāra’

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि शिबिचरिते चतुर्नवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi śibicarite caturnavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim termina o capítulo centésimo nonagésimo quarto do Śrī Mahābhārata, no Vana Parva, na subseção chamada Markandeya Samasya Parva, no relato do rei Śibi.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quotation marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā-parvan (section named thus)

शिबिचरितेin the story of Śibi

चतुर्नवत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-ninety-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya (as section-title reference)

Śibi

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?

As a chapter-ending colophon, the line itself teaches by framing the Śibi episode as a dharma-model: righteous kingship is measured by protection of the vulnerable and willingness to bear personal cost for ethical duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a narrative action-verse but a concluding marker: it announces that the chapter has ended and locates it within Vana Parva, the Markandeya-related section, specifically in the Śibi-carita (the account of King Śibi).