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

So endet im ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Vana Parva, im Abschnitt des Tīrtha-yātrā Parva, das siebenundachtzigste Kapitel, das von Dhaumyās (Dhaumya) Pilgerfahrt zu den tīrthas, den heiligen Furten, handelt. Die Schlussformel hebt den ethischen Rahmen des Werkes hervor: Heilige Reise und das Gedenken an geweihte Orte gelten als Übungen, die das Verhalten läutern und das dharma in den Mühen des Exils festigen.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (pilgrimage section)

धौम्यतीर्थयात्राविषयकःconcerning Dhaumya's pilgrimage

सत्तासीवाँeighty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Dhaumya

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?

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.