Shloka 149

Kuberasaras-darśana (Bhīma beholds Kubera’s guarded lotus-lake) / कुबेरसरः-दर्शनम्

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत लोमशतीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें कदलीवनके भीतर हनुमानजी और भीमसेनका संवादविषयक एक सौ उनचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-lomaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge kadalīvanasya bhitare hanūmān-jī ca bhīmasenaś ca tayoḥ saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-ūnapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo ciento cuarenta y nueve del Vana Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del episodio de la peregrinación de Lomaśa: el relato del diálogo entre Hanumān y Bhīmasena en el interior del bosque de Kadali. Este colofón señala la culminación de la sección y enmarca el encuentro como una reunión cargada de sentido espiritual, donde la fuerza se templa con humildad y es guiada por el dharma.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: the Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वनपर्वके: of the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• लोमश: of Lomaśa (the sage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रा: of the pilgrimage to sacred places
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसङ्गे: in the context/episode
• प्रसङ्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कदलीवन: of the banana-grove
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदलीवन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भीतर: inside
• भीतर: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भीतर

• हनुमानजी: Hanumān (honorific)
• हनुमानजी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमान्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भीमसेन: of Bhīmasena
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवाद: dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उनचासवाँ: forty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनपञ्चाशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूरा: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूरा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हुआ: was; became (completed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Past (perfective; Hindi 'hua' corresponding to Sanskrit अभवत्/समाप्तः), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Lomasa
• Kadali forest (Kadalīvana)
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Lomasa’s tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the line chiefly marks closure, but it frames the preceding dialogue as a dharmic encounter: physical power is not an end in itself; it is to be disciplined by humility, reverence for the greater (elders and exemplars), and alignment with righteous purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces the completion of a chapter within Lomasa’s pilgrimage narrative in the Vana Parva, specifically the section describing the conversation between Hanumān and Bhīmasena inside the Kadali forest.