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Shloka 144

Ghaṭotkaca’s Conveyance to Badarī and Entry into the Nara-Nārāyaṇa Āśrama (घटोत्कच-वाहनम्; नरनारायणाश्रम-प्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां गन्धमादनप्रवेशे चतुश्नत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रस॑ंगमें गन्धमादनप्रवेशविषयक एक सौ चौवालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ gandhamādanapraveśe catuḥśatcatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and forty-fourth chapter in the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section on pilgrimage (Tīrtha-yātrā Parva), in the episode of Lomāśa’s pilgrimage—specifically concerning the entry into Gandhamādana.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomasha's pilgrimage

गन्धमादनप्रवेशेin the entry into Gandhamādana

चand

चतुश्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-forty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Gandhamādana

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 episode within the discipline of tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage), implying that ethical refinement and inner purification are pursued through sacred travel, restraint, and reverence for holy places.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s colophon formally closes the chapter, identifying its placement in the Mahābhārata (Vana Parva → Tīrtha-yātrā Parva) and specifying the episode theme: Lomāśa’s pilgrimage and the entry into the Gandhamādana region.