Shloka 105

सगरोपाख्यानम् — कपिलकोपः, अंशुमतः विनयः, तथा भगीरथपरम्परा

Sagara Upākhyāna: Kapila’s Wrath, Aṃśumān’s Reverence, and the Bhāgīratha Line

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपवके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोगशतीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें अगस्त्योपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ पाँचवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lośatīrthayātrāprasange agastyopākhyānavिषayaka ekaśata pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and fifth chapter of the Agastya episode, occurring in the context of Lośa’s pilgrimage, within the Tīrthayātrā section of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (venerable) Mahabharata

वनपर्वकेof the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

तीर्थयात्रापर्वमेंin the Tirthayatra Parva

लोकशतीर्थयात्राकेof the episode of the pilgrimage to Lokasha-tirtha (proper name)

प्रसङ्गेin the context; on the occasion

अगस्त्योपाख्यानविषयकpertaining to the Agastya-upakhyana (tale of Agastya)

एकone

शतhundred

पञ्चमःfifth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Lośa

Agastya

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the preceding material as part of a pilgrimage narrative where dharma is reinforced through remembrance of exemplary sages (like Agastya) and through the purifying, reflective function of visiting tīrthas.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the conclusion of a chapter: the 105th chapter of the Agastya episode, situated within the Tīrthayātrā section of the Vana Parva, in the context of Lośa’s pilgrimage account.