Mahabharata 3.201.199 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 201, Shloka 199

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

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपवके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वमें इन्द्रहुम्नोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ निन्‍यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi Indradyumnopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-ekonaviṃśatitamodhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ วนปรวะ ภาคย่อยมารกัณฑेय-สมาสยะ ตอนอุปาขยานแห่งอินทรทยุมน์ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยเก้าสิบเก้าจึงสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samasya Parva (section)
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• इन्द्रहुम्नोपाख्यानविषयक: having as its subject the Indrahumnopakhyana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्रहुम्नोपाख्यानविषयक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• नवनवतितमः: one hundred ninety-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवनवतितम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पूर्णः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya (section name: Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvan)
• Indradyumna (episode: Indradyumnopākhyāna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes the disciplined preservation of tradition by clearly marking textual boundaries—what section ends, what episode it belongs to, and where it sits within the larger epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana signals the formal completion of a chapter dealing with the Indradyumna episode, situated within a named sub-section of the Vana Parva. It is a structural closing statement, not a continuation of plot action.