Shloka 114

Akṛtavraṇa’s Account Begins: Gādhi–Satyavatī–Ṛcīka and the Bhārgava Lineage Prelude

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें महेन्द्राचलगमनविषयक एक सौ चौदहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāke prasaṅge mahendrācalagamanaviṣayaka ekaśata-caturdaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir bab ke‑114 mengenai perjalanan ke Gunung Mahendra, dalam bahagian Tīrthayātrā di bawah Vana Parva Śrī Mahābhārata, dalam konteks kisah ziarah Lomāśa.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतMahābhārata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan (forest book)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

तीर्थयात्रापर्वमेंin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (pilgrimage section)

लोमशof Lomasha

तीर्थयात्राकेof the pilgrimage

प्रसङ्गेin the context/episode

महेन्द्राचलगमनविषयकconcerning the going to Mount Mahendra

एकone

शतhundred

चतुर्दशfourteen

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Mahendrācala (Mount Mahendra)

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 concluding line, it primarily signals closure and textual organization rather than giving a new doctrinal teaching; implicitly, it situates the narrative within the dharmic practice of tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage) as a valued path of purification and merit in the epic’s ethical world.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) marks the completion of the chapter whose topic is the journey to Mount Mahendra, presented within the broader pilgrimage account associated with the sage Lomāśa in the Tīrthayātrā portion of the Vana Parva.