Shloka 194

धौन्धुमारोपाख्यानम्

Dhaundhumāra-Upākhyāna: The Slaying of Dhundhu and the Epithet ‘Dhundhumāra’

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि शिबिचरिते चतुर्नवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi śibicarite caturnavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《林书》（Vana Parva）中“马尔坎德耶问答分篇”（Markandeya Samasya Parva）之“尸毗王事迹”第一百九十四章终。

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (end-quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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 Mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyā-parvan (section named thus)
• मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शिबिचरिते: in the story of Śibi
• शिबिचरिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबिचरित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्नवत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-ninety-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्नवत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya (as section-title reference)
• Śibi

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-ending colophon, the line itself teaches by framing the Śibi episode as a dharma-model: righteous kingship is measured by protection of the vulnerable and willingness to bear personal cost for ethical duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a narrative action-verse but a concluding marker: it announces that the chapter has ended and locates it within Vana Parva, the Markandeya-related section, specifically in the Śibi-carita (the account of King Śibi).