Shloka 112

Ṛśyaśṛṅga’s Luring, Rainfall at Aṅga, and Reconciliation with Vibhāṇḍaka (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोगशती ्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें ऋष्यशूंगोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ बारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge ṛśyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and twelfth chapter of the Ṛṣyaśṛṅga episode, occurring within the Tīrthayātrā section of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the context of Lomasha’s narration of the pilgrimage.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेin the context of Lomasha's pilgrimage

ऋष्यशृङ्गोपाख्यानविषयकःconcerning the tale of Ṛśyaśṛṅga

एकशतद्वादशःone hundred and twelfth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

Speaker

ऋष्यशुड्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Lomaśa

Ṛ

Ṛśyaśṛṅga (Rishyaśṛṅga)

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 verse itself teaches indirectly: it situates the Ṛśyaśṛṅga episode within a pilgrimage framework, emphasizing that such narratives are preserved as instructive exemplars within the broader dharmic journey of visiting tīrthas and hearing sacred history.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the 112th chapter concerning the Ṛśyaśṛṅga episode, told in the context of Lomasha’s pilgrimage narration within the Vana Parva’s Tīrthayātrā section, has been completed.