Shloka 190

Nāvyāśrama-nirmāṇa and Ṛśyaśṛṅga’s Distraction (नाव्याश्रमनिर्माणम्—ऋश्यशृङ्गस्य विचलनम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोगशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें ऋष्यशूंगोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ दसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate tīrthayātrāparvaṇi logaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge ṛṣyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-daśamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Так, в священной «Махабхарате», в составе «Вана-парвы», в разделе «Тиртха-ятра-парва» (о паломничестве к святым местам), в контексте повествования о странствии Ломаши, завершается сто десятая глава, посвящённая сказанию о Ṛṣyaśṛṅga.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतMahābhārata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan

लोकशतीर्थयात्रायाःof the episode of the people's pilgrimage (Lokśatīrthayātrā)

प्रसङ्गेin the context; on the occasion

ऋष्यशृङ्गोपाख्यानविषयकःpertaining to the R̥śyaśṛṅga-episode

एकone

शतhundred

दशमःtenth

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Logaśa

Ṛ

Ṛṣyaśṛṅga

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 line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its teaching is structural and ethical in framing: it signals that pilgrimage (tīrthayātrā) and exemplary sub-tales (upākhyānas) are presented as organized vehicles for reflecting on dharma, merit, and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes a chapter: within Vana Parva’s Tīrthayātrā Parva, in the context of Logaśa’s pilgrimage account, the chapter whose subject is the Ṛṣyaśṛṅga episode is declared complete.