Shloka 11

Gandhamādana-nivāsaḥ — Draupadyāḥ prārthanā, Bhīmasenārohaṇaṃ, Maṇimāna-yuddham

Chapter 157: Draupadi’s request, Bhima’s ascent, and the combat with Maniman

Devanagari script

“विप्रवरो! महात्मा लोमशजीने हमें सभी पुण्य-स्थानोंके क्रमश: दर्शन कराये हैं

Transliteration

vipravara! mahātmā lomaśajīnena asmān sarvān puṇya-sthānānāṃ kramaśaḥ darśanaṃ kāritam

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! മഹാത്മാവായ ലോമശൻ ഞങ്ങളെ ക്രമാനുസൃതമായി എല്ലാ പുണ്യതീർത്ഥങ്ങളും ദർശിപ്പിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• विप्रवर: O best of Brahmins
• विप्रवर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रवर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोमशः: Lomasha
• लोमशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जी: (Hindi honorific; not Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जी

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Plural

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पुण्यस्थानानि: holy places
• पुण्यस्थानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यस्थान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• क्रमशः: in order, successively
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रमशस्

• दर्शनम्: sight/visiting (showing)
• दर्शनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कारितवान्: caused (us) to see / showed
• कारितवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), —, Singular, Masculine, Nominative

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Lomāśa
• puṇya-sthāna (sacred places)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic value of tīrtha-darśana (pilgrimage and sacred seeing) when undertaken in proper order under the guidance of a realized sage, emphasizing disciplined spiritual practice rather than random wandering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the sage Lomāśa has been conducting the group through a sequence of holy sites, indicating an ongoing pilgrimage episode within the Vana Parva.