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Shloka 139

कैलास-श्वेतगिरि-प्रवेशवर्णनम्

Approach to Śveta Mountain and Kailāsa; Lomāśa’s Warnings and Protective Instructions

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां कैलासादिगिरिप्रवेशे एकोनचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ kailāsādigiripraveśe ekonacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Vana Parva—em particular, a seção da peregrinação (Tīrthayātrā)—durante a peregrinação guiada por Lomāśa, no episódio da entrada na região montanhosa que começa com o Kailāsa, encerra-se o capítulo cento e trinta e nove. Este colofão assinala uma transição na narrativa da viagem sagrada, enquadrando a jornada como prática de dharma: purificação e aproximação reverente aos lugares santos.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrtha-yātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomāśa's pilgrimage (narrative)

कैलासादिगिरिप्रवेशेin the entry into mountains such as Kailāsa

एकोनचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-thirty-ninth (lit. 100 + (40−1))

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā-parvan

Lomāśa

Kailāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon underscores pilgrimage (tīrthayātrā) as a dharmic discipline: approaching sacred places with reverence is presented as a means of inner purification and ethical reorientation, not merely travel.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon: it signals the end of a chapter within the Vana Parva’s pilgrimage section, at the point where Lomāśa’s pilgrimage narrative reaches the episode of entering the mountain region beginning with Mount Kailāsa.