Shloka 152

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां सौगन्धिकाहरणे द्विपज्चाशदधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ saugandhikāharaṇe dvipañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section on pilgrimage (Tīrtha-yātrā Parva), in the account of Lomāśa’s pilgrimage, in the episode of fetching the fragrant saugandhika flowers, the one-hundred-and-fifty-second chapter.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomasha's pilgrimage (narrative)

सौगन्धिकाहरणेin the episode of fetching the Saugandhika (flowers)

द्विपञ्चाशत्fifty-two

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःthe hundredth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Saugandhika (fragrant flowers)

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 line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s traditional organization—parva, sub-parva, and episode—highlighting pilgrimage (tīrthayātrā) as a valued dharmic practice and situating the narrative within a sacred-ethical framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

The sentence marks the conclusion of a chapter in the Vana Parva, specifically within the pilgrimage section describing Lomāśa’s guidance and the episode concerning the acquisition of the fragrant saugandhika flowers.