Shloka 227

Duryodhana’s Departure toward Dvaītavana; Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Caution and Śakuni’s Assurance

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि आज्धिरसे इन्द्रस्कन्दसमागमे सप्तविंशत्यधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्यानके प्रसंगमें इन्द्र-स्कन्दसमागमविषयक दो सौ सत्ताईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi āṅgirasopākhyānaprasaṅge indra-skanda-samāgame saptaviṃśatyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత వనపర్వాంతర్గత మార్కండేయసమాస్యాపర్వములో ఆంగిరసోపాఖ్యాన ప్రసంగమున ఇంద్ర-స్కంద సమాగమ విషయక రెండువందల ఇరవై ఏడవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'iti', 'definition': 'thus

• an end-marker introducing a colophon'}, {'term': 'śrīmahābhārate', 'definition': 'in the Śrī Mahābhārata (locative)'}, {'term': 'vanaparvaṇi', 'definition': "in the Vana Parva, the 'Forest Book' (locative)"}, {'term': 'mārkaṇḍeya', 'definition': 'Mārkaṇḍeya (sage

• narrator in this section)'}, {'term': 'samāsya/samāsyā', 'definition': 'a named sub-section (as given in the edition’s colophon)'}, {'term': 'parvaṇi', 'definition': 'in the parvan/section (locative)'}, {'term': 'āṅgirasa', 'definition': 'relating to Aṅgiras

• the Āṅgirasa episode/narrative'}, {'term': 'upākhyāna', 'definition': 'sub-tale

• embedded narrative'}, {'term': 'prasaṅga', 'definition': 'context

• narrative setting'}, {'term': 'indra', 'definition': 'Indra, king of the gods'}, {'term': 'skanda', 'definition': 'Skanda (Kārttikeya), divine commander'}, {'term': 'samāgama', 'definition': 'meeting

• encounter'}, {'term': 'saptaviṃśatyadhika-dviśatatamaḥ', 'definition': 'two-hundred-and-twenty-seventh'}, {'term': 'adhyāyaḥ', 'definition': 'chapter'}]

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Indra
• Skanda
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Āṅgirasa (episode/tradition)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse’s function is to close an episode and authenticate its placement in the larger work. Indirectly, it reinforces the Mahābhārata’s method of teaching dharma through structured storytelling: divine meetings and narrated precedents are framed as supports for cosmic order and rightful conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker-marked section concludes: within Vana Parva’s Mārkaṇḍeya-related sub-parvan, in the context of the Āṅgirasa embedded tale, the chapter describing the encounter between Indra and Skanda is formally declared complete (chapter 227).