Shloka 86

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें धौम्यकी तीर्थयात्राविषयक छियासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antargata tīrthayātrāparva-meṃ dhaumya-kī tīrthayātrā-viṣayakaḥ chiyāsīvāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Thus concludes the eighty-sixth chapter of the Tīrthayātrā section within the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, describing Dhaumya’s pilgrimage. This closing colophon signals the completion of a unit of sacred-travel narration, framing pilgrimage as a disciplined, dharmic practice that purifies intention and strengthens ethical resolve amid hardship.”

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan

अन्तर्गतेincluded; contained (within)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan

धौम्यस्यof Dhaumya

तीर्थयात्राविषयकःconcerning the pilgrimage

षट्-अशीतितमःeighty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Dhaumya

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?

The colophon underscores pilgrimage (tīrthayātrā) as a dharmic discipline: sacred travel is presented as a means of purification and ethical strengthening, and the text’s formal closure highlights the importance of completing vows and practices with order and clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding statement marking the end of the chapter that dealt with Dhaumya’s pilgrimage within the Tīrthayātrā Parva of the Vana Parva; it functions as an editorial/narrative closure rather than a new plot event.