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Shloka 153

Jaṭāsura-praveśa, Draupadī-apaharaṇa, and Jaṭāsura-vadha (जटासुरप्रवेशः द्रौपद्यपहरणं च जटासुरवधः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां सौगन्धिकाहरणे त्रिपउचाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ saugandhikāharaṇe tripañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वातील तीर्थयात्रापर्वात, लोमशाच्या तीर्थयात्रेच्या प्रसंगात, सौगंधिक पुष्पांच्या हरणकथेत, एकशे त्रेपन्नावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomaśa's pilgrimage (narrative)

सौगन्धिकाहरणेin the (episode of) bringing the Saugandhika flowers

त्रिपञ्चाशदधिकशततमःthe one hundred and fifty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Saugandhika (fragrant flowers)

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, the verse itself teaches by framing: it reminds the reader that the forest-exile narrative is embedded in a pilgrimage context, where sacred travel is meant to refine character. The surrounding Saugaṇdhika episode is traditionally read as a test of desire and pride, urging restraint, humility, and alignment with dharma even amid hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is not a spoken narrative event but an editorial closure: it announces that the chapter has ended and identifies its placement—Vana Parva, within the Tīrtha-yātrā section, specifically Lomāśa’s pilgrimage account, in the episode about obtaining the fragrant saugaṇdhika flowers.