Shloka 102

समुद्रपानम् (Samudra-pānam) — Maitrāvaruṇi Drains the Ocean; Devas Seek a Means to Refill It

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती ्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें विष्णुस्तुतिविषयक एक सौ दोवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargataṃ tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāke prasaṅge viṣṇustutiviṣayaka ekaśatadvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertzweite Kapitel des Mahābhārata im Vana Parva, innerhalb des Abschnitts über die Tīrtha-yātrā, im Zusammenhang mit Lomashas Pilgererzählung, das dem Lobpreis Viṣṇus gewidmet ist.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतेincluded; contained (within)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेin the episode concerning Lomaśa's pilgrimage

विष्णुस्तुतिविषयकःpertaining to the praise of Viṣṇu

एकशतद्वितीयःone-hundred-and-second

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomasha

Viṣṇu

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line chiefly signals the chapter’s focus: devotion expressed through Viṣṇu-stuti within a pilgrimage framework, implying that reverence, remembrance of the divine, and sacred travel are supportive practices for sustaining dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement marking that the 102nd chapter—set in the Tīrtha-yātrā episode narrated by the sage Lomasha within the Vana Parva—has concluded, and that its subject matter was the praise of Viṣṇu.