Shloka 200

Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि दानमाहात्म्ये द्विशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi dānamāhātmye dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

இதி ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் வனபர்வத்தில், மார்கண்டேய-சமாஸ்யப் பர்வத்தில், தானமாஹாத்மியம் பற்றிய இருநூறாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Markandeya-samasyā sub-parvan

दानमाहात्म्येin (the section on) the greatness of giving

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Dāna (giving/charity)

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 signals the completion of a teaching unit on dāna-māhātmya—emphasizing that giving is treated as a major dharmic virtue whose merit and ethical value warrant a dedicated discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal closing statement (colophon) marking the end of the two-hundredth chapter within the Vana Parva section associated with Mārkaṇḍeya’s discourse, specifically the portion devoted to the greatness of charity.