Shloka 184

Yugapramāṇa–Kaliyuga-lakṣaṇa–Pralaya-kathā

Markandeya’s Account of Yugas, Kali Signs, and Dissolution

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें ब्राह्मणमाहात्म्यवर्णणविषयक एक सौ चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata-mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparva-me brāhmaṇa-māhātmya-varṇana-viṣayaka eka-śata-caurāśītamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》林野篇之“马尔坎德耶杂集”分章中，叙述婆罗门之伟大与神圣的第一百八十四章告终。

Word by Word

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

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

• श्री: glorious/holy (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वनपर्वके: in the Vana-parvan section
• वनपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वनपर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• मार्कण्डेय: of Markandeya
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• समास्य: of the section/episode (samāsya)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समास्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the parvan/episode
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मण: of the Brahmana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• माहात्म्य: greatness/glory
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वर्णण: description
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णण
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• चतुरशीति: eighty-four
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुरशीति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Markaṇḍeya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a concluding colophon, the line signals that the chapter’s subject is brāhmaṇa-māhātmya—affirming the ethical value of learning, self-discipline, truthfulness, and dharma as foundations of social order and spiritual merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a spoken narrative verse but an editorial/colophon-style closure stating that the 184th chapter—on the theme of the greatness of brāhmaṇas—within the Markandeya-related sub-section of the Vana Parva has been completed.