Shloka 208

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें पतिव्रतोपाख्यानके प्रसंगमें ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादाविषयक दो सौ आठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi pativratopākhyāna-prasaṅge brāhmaṇa-vyādha-saṁvāda-viṣayaka dviśata-aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Так завершается двести восьмая глава «Махабхараты» в «Лесной книге» (Vana Parva), в разделе «Маркандея-самасья», в контексте сказания о преданной жене (Pativratā-upākhyāna), а именно — повествование о беседе брахмана и охотника. Этот колофон знаменует окончание назидательного эпизода, подчёркивая, что дхарма распознаётся по прожитому поведению, а не по одному лишь общественному положению.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमेंin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya section/parvan

पतिव्रतोपाख्यानकेof the tale (upākhyāna) of the devoted wife (pativratā)

प्रसङ्गेin the context; on the occasion

ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादाविषयकconcerning the dialogue between the brāhmaṇa and the hunter

द्विtwo

शतhundred

अष्टeight

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Pativratopākhyāna

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?

The colophon closes a didactic unit where dharma is highlighted as practical, embodied righteousness: moral authority can arise from sincere duty and right conduct, not merely from birth, profession, or outward rank.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon stating that the chapter dealing with the Brahmin–hunter dialogue, occurring within the Pativratā-upākhyāna in the Markandeya-related section of the Vana Parva, has been completed.