Shloka 219

भद्रवटगमनम् — स्कन्देन महिषदानवनिग्रहः

Bhadravaṭa Procession and Skanda’s Neutralization of Mahiṣa

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें आंगिरसोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ उतन्नीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata mārkaṇḍeya-samāsyāparva-meṁ āṅgirasa-upākhyāna-viṣayaka do sau unnīsavāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

至此，《摩诃婆罗多》森林篇（Vana Parva）中，马尔坎德耶—萨玛斯亚（Markandeya-Samāsya）部分，关于“安吉罗萨”（Āṅgirasa）事迹的第二百一十九章告终。（此为章末题记式的收束语，用以标明本章完结，并非叙事继续。）

Word by Word

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

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

• श्री: glory/auspiciousness (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वन: of the forest
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: of the book/section (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मार्कण्डेय: in (the section of) Markandeya
• मार्कण्डेय: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यमास्य: in the Yamasya-(subsection) (title element)
• यमास्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमास्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्व: in the parva/sub-parva
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आङ्गिरस: of Angiras/Angirasa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• उपाख्यान: of the episode/tale
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• द्वि: two
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वि

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

• उन्नविंशतितम: two-hundred-nineteenth (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उन्नविंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्य: having been completed/ending
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

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

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Āṅgirasa (Aṅgiras-related episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a didactic verse: its function is to signal closure and to locate the chapter within the epic’s structure (Vana Parva → Markandeya section → Āṅgirasa episode). The implicit lesson is methodological—pay attention to textual framing and context before extracting ethical teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses: the editor’s/reciter’s closing formula announces that the chapter dealing with the Āṅgirasa episode within the Markandeya section of the Vana Parva has been completed.