Shloka 115

Akṛtavraṇa’s Account Begins: Gādhi–Satyavatī–Ṛcīka and the Bhārgava Lineage Prelude

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां कार्तवीर्योपाख्याने पजञ्चदशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ kārtavīryopākhyāne pañcadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one-hundred-and-fifteenth chapter in the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section on pilgrimage (Tīrtha-yātrā), in the account of Lomaśa’s pilgrimage, in the episode concerning Kārtavīrya. This closing colophon marks the completion of the chapter and situates it within the larger sacred-travel narrative framework.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: in the Tirtha-yatra Parva (Pilgrimage section)
• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्: in Lomasha's pilgrimage (narrative)
• लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमशतीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कार्तवीर्योपाख्याने: in the episode (upakhyana) of Kartavirya
• कार्तवीर्योपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तवीर्योपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चदशाधिकशततमः: the one hundred and fifteenth
• पञ्चदशाधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

अकृतव्रण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrtha-yātrā Parva
• Lomaśa
• Kārtavīrya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its function is to preserve textual order and context, emphasizing the tradition’s care for transmission—locating the episode within the ethical-pilgrimage framework of the Vana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes: the text signals that the account of Kārtavīrya, narrated within Lomaśa’s pilgrimage discourse in the Tīrtha-yātrā section of the Vana Parva, has reached the end of Adhyāya 115.