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Shloka 124

च्यवन-यज्ञे अश्विनोः सोमग्रहण-विवादः

Cyavana’s Sacrifice and the Aśvins’ Soma Dispute

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां सौकन्ये चतुर्विशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ saukanye caturviśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』「森の巻」（ヴァナ・パルヴァ）中、「聖地巡礼の巻」（ティールタ・ヤートラー・パルヴァ）—ローマシャの巡礼譚、スカンニャー（Sukanyā）に関わる章—第百二十四章は終わる。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomasha's pilgrimage (narrative)

सौकन्येin the (episode) of Sukanyā

चतुर्विंशत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred and twenty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Sukanyā

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?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it marks the completion of a chapter situated in the pilgrimage framework. The ethical thrust of the surrounding Tīrtha-yātrā material is that sacred travel is not merely geographic movement but a vehicle for cultivating dharma—purity of conduct, restraint, and reverence—through remembered exemplars and tīrtha traditions.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter: it identifies the larger book (Vana Parva), the internal section (Tīrtha-yātrā Parva), the narrative frame (Lomāśa’s pilgrimage account), and the specific episode focus (Sukanyā). It functions as an editorial/narrative boundary marker indicating that Adhyāya 124 has ended.