Shloka 141

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशती र्थयात्रायां गन्धमादनप्रवेशे एकचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ gandhamādanapraveśe ekacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva—specifically the Tīrthayātrā Parva—during Lomasa’s pilgrimage narration, at the episode of entering Gandhamādana, ends the one-hundred-and-forty-first chapter.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirtha-yatra sub-parvan (pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in (the narration of) Lomasha's pilgrimage

गन्धमादनप्रवेशेin the entry into Gandhamadana (mountain)

एकचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-forty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Lomasa

Gandhamādana

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 marking the close of a chapter and situating it within the pilgrimage narrative. Its ethical-religious emphasis is indirect: it frames the episode as part of a tīrthayātrā context, where sacred travel, remembrance of holy places, and disciplined conduct are treated as sources of purification and merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter in the Tīrthayātrā Parva, specifically the segment describing entry into Gandhamādana during Lomasa’s account. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker rather than spoken dialogue.