Shloka 213

Skanda-janma: Śivā/Svāhā, Agni, and the Manifestation of Guha

Mahābhārata 3.214

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे त्रयोदशाधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादविषयक दो सौ तेरहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

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

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ «Śrī Mahābhārata», thuộc «Vana Parva»—đặc biệt trong tiểu đoạn «Markandeya-samāsya»—cuộc đối thoại giữa vị Bà-la-môn và người thợ săn (Vyādha) đã kết thúc. Đây là sự hoàn tất của chương thứ hai trăm mười ba. Lời kết (colophon) ghi dấu việc khép lại đoạn giáo huấn, nhấn mạnh rằng dharma được thể hiện qua bổn phận và hạnh kiểm trong đời sống, chứ không chỉ bởi địa vị hay danh xưng bề ngoài.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Markandeya-samāsya sub-parvan
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय-समास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे: in the dialogue of the Brahmin and the hunter
• ब्राह्मणव्याधसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण-व्याध-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रयोदशाधिक: having thirteen more (i.e., plus thirteen)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदशाधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Brāhmaṇa
• Vyādha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily signals completion, but it frames the episode’s ethical thrust: dharma is validated by right conduct and faithful performance of duty, not merely by birth, profession, or outward religious identity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the Brāhmaṇa–Vyādha dialogue within the Vana Parva’s Markandeya-related section, announcing that the 213th chapter has ended.