Shloka 99

इन्द्रवृत्रयुद्धवर्णनम्

Indra–Vṛtra Conflict and the Adversaries’ Tapas-Targeting Counsel

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां जामदग्न्यतेजोहानिकथने एकोनशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ jāmadagnyatejohānikathane ekonaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the ninety-ninth chapter of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section on pilgrimage to sacred fords (Tīrtha-yātrā Parva), in the episode describing the pilgrimage narrated by Lomasha, specifically in the account concerning the diminution or loss of the spiritual splendor (tejas) associated with Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

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

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

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

• जामदग्न्यतेजोहानिकथने: in the narration of the loss of Jāmadagnya's (Paraśurāma's) splendor/energy
• जामदग्न्यतेजोहानिकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्यतेजोहानिकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनशततमः: the ninety-ninth
• एकोनशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrtha-yātrā Parva
• Lomasha
• Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; it highlights the ethical idea that spiritual potency (tejas) is not merely innate but can diminish through circumstances and conduct, and that sacred travel and narration are framed as means of transmitting dharmic memory and reflection.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding Adhyāya 99 of the Vana Parva’s Tīrtha-yātrā section, within Lomasha’s account of a pilgrimage, specifying that the just-finished portion concerned the story of the decline/loss of Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)’s tejas.