Shloka 215

आरण्यकपर्वणि अध्यायः २१६ — इन्द्र-स्कन्द-संमुखता वज्रप्रहारश्च

Indra approaches Skanda; vajra strike and the arising of Viśākha

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे पजञ्चदशाधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेयसगास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मण- व्याधसंवादविषयक दो सौ पंद्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi brāhmaṇa-vyādha-saṃvāde pañcadaśādhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ วนปรวะ ในตอนที่เกี่ยวเนื่องกับมารกัณฑेय ในบทสนทนาระหว่างพราหมณ์กับวฺยาธะ บทที่สองร้อยสิบห้าก็สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quote marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणिin the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā-parvan (sub-parvan)

ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादेin the dialogue of the brāhmaṇa and the hunter

पञ्चदशाधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-fifteenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Mārkaṇḍeya

Brāhmaṇa

Vyādha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it marks the formal end of the Brāhmaṇa–Vyādha dialogue. Its significance is contextual—presenting the Vyādha’s instruction on dharma (right conduct in ordinary life) as a completed, authoritative unit within Vana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces the conclusion of the two-hundred-and-fifteenth chapter in the Vana Parva, specifically the portion describing the dialogue between a Brāhmaṇa and a hunter (Vyādha), situated within the section associated with the sage Mārkaṇḍeya.