Shloka 148

अध्याय १४९ — हनूमतो महद्रूपदर्शनं तथा धर्म-नीति-उपदेशः

Hanūmān’s Vast Form and Instruction on Dharma–Statecraft

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां हनुमद्धीमसंवादे अष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोगशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें हनुमानजी और भीमसेनका संवाद नामक एक सौ अड्भतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ hanumad-bhīmasaṃvāde aṣṭacatvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section on pilgrimage (Tīrthayātrā Parva), in the episode of Lomasa’s pilgrimage narrative, the chapter entitled “The Dialogue of Hanumān and Bhīmasena” — the one hundred and forty-eighth — comes to an end. This colophon marks the close of the episode, framing it as a sacred travel-context teaching in which Bhīma’s encounter with Hanumān functions as moral instruction on strength disciplined by humility and dharma.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'iti', 'definition': 'thus

• a conventional marker concluding a passage'}, {'term': 'śrīmahābhārate', 'definition': 'in the Mahābhārata (locative singular)'}, {'term': 'vanaparvaṇi', 'definition': 'in the Vana Parva (‘Book of the Forest’) (locative singular)'}, {'term': 'tīrthayātrāparvaṇi', 'definition': 'in the Tīrthayātrā Parva, the section on pilgrimage'}, {'term': 'lomaśatīrthayātrāyām', 'definition': 'in (the account of) Lomasa’s pilgrimage/journey to sacred fords (locative singular)'}, {'term': 'hanumat', 'definition': 'Hanumān (the heroic vānarā of the Rāmāyaṇa tradition)'}, {'term': 'bhīma', 'definition': 'Bhīmasena, the Pāṇḍava known for immense strength'}, {'term': 'saṃvāda', 'definition': 'dialogue

• instructive conversation'}, {'term': 'aṣṭacatvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamaḥ', 'definition': 'the 148th (literally: ‘hundredth plus forty-eight’)'}, {'term': 'adhyāyaḥ', 'definition': 'chapter'}]

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrthayātrā Parva
• Lomaśa
• Hanumān
• Bhīmasena

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As indicated by the chapter’s framing (“Hanumān–Bhīma dialogue” within a pilgrimage setting), the episode’s ethical thrust is the disciplining of power by dharma: physical might is not supreme unless guided by humility, restraint, and reverence for elders and higher ideals.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon. It announces that, within Vana Parva’s pilgrimage section narrated in connection with Lomasa, the chapter describing the dialogue between Hanumān and Bhīmasena has ended (counted here as the 148th chapter).