Shloka 221

द्रौपदी–सत्यभामा संवादः

Draupadī and Satyabhāmā on ethical household conduct

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि आंगिरसोपाख्याने एकविंशत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi āṅgirasopākhyāne ekaviṃśatyadhikadvāśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | itthaṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparva-ke antargata mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparva meṃ āṅgirasopākhyāna-viṣayaka do sau ikkīsavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya nói: “Như vậy, trong Mahābhārata, thuộc Vana Parva, trong phần Markandeya-samāsya, truyện gọi là Āṅgirasa Upākhyāna đã kết thúc—đây là chương thứ hai trăm hai mươi mốt.” Nói cách khác, lời kết này chính thức khép lại chương, báo hiệu sự hoàn tất của đoạn truyện và mời người nghe ghi nhớ ý nghĩa đạo đức của nó như một phần giáo huấn về dharma trong Sách Rừng qua những truyện gương mẫu.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: in the Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā-parvan (section)
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय-समास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आंगिरसोपाख्याने: in the Āṅgirasa episode (sub-tale)
• आंगिरसोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकविंशत्यधिकद्वधिशततमः: the two-hundred-and-twenty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकविंशति-अधिक-द्वि-शत-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsya-parvan (section name as printed)
• Āṅgirasa Upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: its function is to mark closure and preserve the integrity of transmission. Indirectly, it reinforces the Mahābhārata’s method of teaching dharma through framed episodes (upākhyānas) embedded within larger parvans.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker label ‘Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca’ and the concluding formula ‘iti … adhyāyaḥ’ indicate that Markandeya’s telling of the Āṅgirasa-related episode has reached its end, and the 221st chapter is formally concluded within the Vana Parva.