Shloka 87

Udīcī-diśi Tīrtha-kīrtana

Northern Sacred Places Enumeration

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपववके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें धौम्यतीर्थयात्राविषयक सत्तासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate tīrthayātrāparvaṇi dhaumyatīrthayātrāviṣayakaḥ saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهارتا» الجليلة، ضمن «فانا بارفا» (Vana Parva)، وفي قسم «تيرثا-ياترا بارفا» (Tīrtha-yātrā Parva)، يكتمل الفصل السابع والثمانون المتعلّق بحجّ «دهاوميا» (Dhaumya) إلى «التيرثا» (tīrtha)، أي المعابر المقدّسة. وتؤكّد صيغة الختام هذه الإطار الأخلاقي للنص: فالسفر إلى المواضع المقدّسة واستحضار ذكرها يُعرضان كرياضةٍ تُطهّر السلوك وتشدّ أزر «الدارما» (dharma) في خضمّ شدائد المنفى.

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: in the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (pilgrimage section)
• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धौम्यतीर्थयात्राविषयकः: concerning Dhaumya's pilgrimage
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धौम्यतीर्थयात्राविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्तासीवाँ: eighty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्ताशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सम्पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrtha-yātrā Parva
• Dhaumya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This colophon-like verse signals completion of a chapter centered on pilgrimage, implying that engagement with tīrthas (sacred places) supports dharma through purification, remembrance, and disciplined conduct—especially meaningful during the trials of forest exile.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana marks the end of the eighty-seventh chapter within the Tīrtha-yātrā Parva of the Vana Parva, specifying that the chapter’s subject concerns Dhaumya’s pilgrimage.