Shloka 196

धर्मव्याधोपदेशः

Dharma-vyādha’s Instruction on Śiṣṭācāra and Dharma

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें सेदुकवृषदर्भचरितविषयक एक सौ छियानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi sedukavṛṣadarbhacarita-viṣayaka ekaśata-ṣaṭ-ṣaṇṇavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ บทที่ ๑๙๖ ว่าด้วยเรื่องราวของเสทุกะ วฤษะ และทรภะ ในอนุภาคมารกัณฑेय-สมาสยะ อันอยู่ในวนปรวะแห่งมหาภารตะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ได้สิ้นสุดลง.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वनपर्व: in the Vana Parva (Forest Book)
• वनपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्व: in the Markandeya-samasya sub-parvan
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सेदुकवृषदर्भचरितविषयक: concerning the story of Seduka, Vrisha, and Darbha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेदुकवृषदर्भचरितविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• षट्: six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नवति: ninety
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/has become (ended)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Seduka
• Vṛṣa
• Darbha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it emphasizes textual completion and frames the preceding story as a self-contained moral episode within the Vana Parva’s broader dharma-oriented instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker’s line functions as an editorial closure, announcing that the chapter dealing with the account of Seduka, Vrisha, and Darbha—within the Markandeya-related sub-section of the Vana Parva—has concluded.