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Shloka 103

समुद्रपानम् (Samudra-pānam) — Maitrāvaruṇi Drains the Ocean; Devas Seek a Means to Refill It

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायामगस्त्यमाहात्म्यकथने ->यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyām agastyamāhātmyakathane adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ここに『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』林住篇、ことに聖地巡礼章において、ローマシャの聖なる旅の語りの中、アガスティヤの偉大さを説く段にて、第百三章とする。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirthayatra sub-parvan

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomasha's pilgrimage (narrative)

अगस्त्यमाहात्म्यकथनेin the narration of Agastya's greatness

अधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-somethingth (i.e., 103rd)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Agastya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon-style chapter marker, the passage primarily frames the text: it situates the reader within a pilgrimage discourse where sacred places and exemplary sages (here, Agastya) are presented as sources of ethical and spiritual inspiration, encouraging reverence for tīrthas and the virtues embodied by rishis.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter/sectional identification line indicating that the narrative is in Vana Parva’s pilgrimage section, specifically within Lomāśa’s pilgrimage account, and that the current chapter concerns the narration of Agastya’s sacred greatness.