Shloka 151

Portents, Pursuit to the Nalinī, and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Restraint Toward Bhīma

Saugandhika-padma Continuation

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोगशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें गन्धमादन पर्वतपर हनुमानजी और भीमसेनका संवादविषयक एक सौ इक्यावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate tīrthayātrāparvaṇi loṅgaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge gandhamādana-parvate hanūmān-jī ca bhīmasena-yoḥ saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-ekapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: So endet innerhalb des Vana Parva des heiligen Mahābhārata—insbesondere im Tīrtha-yātrā Parva, im Zusammenhang der Pilgerfahrt—auf dem Berge Gandhamādana das Kapitel über den Dialog zwischen Hanumān und Bhīmasena als das einhunderteinundfünfzigste. Die Erzählung rahmt ihre Begegnung als moralische und geistige Unterweisung: Stärke ist durch Demut zu zügeln, und heldische Macht findet ihren höchsten Zweck, wenn sie mit dem Dharma übereinstimmt und von Ehrfurcht vor Älteren und Vorbildern getragen ist.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parva (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirthayatra-parva (Pilgrimage section)

लोकशतीर्थयात्रायाःof the (so-called) Lokashati pilgrimage

प्रसङ्गेin the context; on the occasion

गन्धमादनपर्वतेon Mount Gandhamadana

हनुमानजीHanuman (honorific)

भीमसेनयोःof Hanuman and Bhimasena / of Bhimasena (dual context: the two)

संवादविषयकःhaving as its subject a dialogue; concerning the dialogue

एकशतone hundred

एकपञ्चाशत्तमःone hundred and fifty-first

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Gandhamādana (mountain)

Hanumān

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 points to the Hanumān–Bhīma dialogue as an ethical lesson: physical might should be tempered by humility and guided by dharma; true greatness includes respect for exemplary elders and disciplined use of power.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding notice (colophon) stating that, within the pilgrimage section of the Forest Book, the chapter about the conversation between Hanumān and Bhīmasena on Mount Gandhamādana has ended as the 151st chapter.