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Shloka 151

Bhīma’s Entry into Kubera’s Nalinī and the Taking of Saugandhika Lotuses (सौगन्धिकोत्पल-ग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां गन्धमादनप्रवेशे हनुमद्धीमसंवादे एकपञठ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ gandhamādanapraveśe hanumaddhīmasaṃvāde ekapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

هكذا ينتهي الفصل الحادي والخمسون بعد المئة (151) من «المهابهاراتا» في «فانا بارفا»، ضمن «تيرثيَاترا بارفا»—وخاصةً الحجّ الذي رواه لوماشَا—في وصف دخول غندهامادانا وحوار هانومان وبهِيما.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrtha-yātrā sub-parvan (pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in (the narration of) Lomaśa's pilgrimage

गन्धमादनप्रवेशेin the entry into Gandhamādana (mountain/forest)

हनुमद्धीमसंवादेin the dialogue of Hanumat and Bhīma

एकपञ्चाशत्fifty-one

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःone-hundredth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā-parvan

Lomāśa

Gandhamādana

Hanumān

Bhīma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Though this line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse, it frames the episode’s ethical thrust: pilgrimage and encounters with the great are meant to refine character—especially by tempering raw power with humility, discipline, and reverence for dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon identifying the setting and episode: during Lomāśa’s narration of sacred travels in the forest exile, the story concerns entering Gandhamādana and the instructive dialogue between Hanumān and Bhīma.