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

Так, в священной «Махабхарате», в составе «Вана-парвы» — а именно в разделе, именуемом «Маркандея-самасья-парван» — завершается беседа брахмана и охотника (вьяадхи): окончена двести двенадцатая глава. Эта заключительная приписка знаменует завершение поучительного повествования, где дхарма проясняется через нравственное наставление охотника, обращённое к брахману.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samāsya sub-parvan
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे: in the dialogue of the brāhmaṇa and the hunter
• ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्वादशाधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-twelfth
• द्वादशाधिकद्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशाधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya Parvan
• Brāhmaṇa
• Vyādha

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.