Shloka 139

गन्धमादन-हिमवत्प्रयाणे युधिष्ठिर-भीमसंवादः

Yudhiṣṭhira–Bhīma Dialogue on the Gandhamādana–Himavat Ascent

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोगशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें पाण्डवॉका कैलास आदि पर्वतमालाओंगें प्रवेशविषयक एक सौ उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāre Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Tīrthayātrāparvaṇi Lokatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Pāṇḍavānāṃ Kailāsa-ādi parvatamālāsu praveśa-viṣayaka eka-śata-ūna-catvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Vana Parva—innerhalb des Tīrthayātrā Parva—anlässlich der Pilgerfahrt zu den heiligen Stätten der Welt das hundertneununddreißigste Kapitel, das den Eintritt der Pāṇḍavas in die Gebirgszüge beginnend mit dem Kailāsa schildert.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded; contained (within)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirthayatra section

लोकशतीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेin the episode of (the) Lokashati pilgrimage

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

कैलासादिपर्वतमालासुin the mountain ranges such as Kailasa

प्रवेशविषयकःconcerning the entry

एकशतोनचत्वारिंशत्तमःthe one-hundred-and-thirty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Pāṇḍavas

Kailāsa

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?

The colophon underscores the dharmic value of tīrthayātrā—pilgrimage as a disciplined journey of purification and ethical renewal—framing the Pāṇḍavas’ movement through sacred landscapes as part of their larger path of endurance, restraint, and righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter notice stating that the chapter has concluded; it situates the episode within Vana Parva’s Tīrthayātrā Parva and identifies the topic as the Pāṇḍavas’ entry into the mountain ranges beginning with Mount Kailāsa.