Shloka 115

Āraṇyaka Parva, Adhyāya 116: Jamadagni–Reṇukā Narrative and the Kārtavīrya Conflict

Akṛtavraṇa’s Account

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोगशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें कार्तवीर्योपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ पन्द्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargataṁ tīrthayātrāparvaṇi loṅgaśatīrthayātrāprasange kārtavīryopākhyānaviṣayaka ekaśatapañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Так, в «Шри Махабхарате», в составе Вана-парвы, в разделе Тиртха-ятра-парва, завершается сто пятнадцатая глава — в контексте паломничества к святому броду Лонгашатиртха — посвящённая сказанию о Картавирье.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतthe Mahabharata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirthayatra-parvan (section on pilgrimage)

लोकशतीर्थयात्रायाःof the pilgrimage to Lokashati (place-name)

प्रसङ्गेin the context; on the occasion

कार्तवीर्योपाख्यानविषयकःpertaining to the narrative of Kartavirya

एकone

शतhundred

पञ्चदशfifteen

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

अकृतव्रण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Loṅgaśatīrtha

Kārtavīrya (Arjuna)

Akṛtavraṇa (speaker label)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the line chiefly teaches how the epic frames moral instruction: pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is presented as a dharmic practice, and illustrative royal episodes (upākhyāna) like that of Kārtavīrya are used to reflect on ideals and limits of power, merit, and conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narration reaches a formal close: it states that the 115th chapter has ended within Vana Parva’s pilgrimage section, specifically in the context of the Loṅgaśatīrtha pilgrimage episode, and that the chapter’s subject matter concerned the Kārtavīrya-related tale.