Shloka 118

Prabhāsa-tīrthe Vṛṣṇi–Pāṇḍava-saṅgamaḥ; Halī Rāmasya dharma-vimarśaḥ

Meeting at Prabhāsa and Balarāma’s Reflection on Dharma

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशतीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें प्रभासक्षेत्रके भीतर यादव-पाण्डव-समायगमविषयक एक सौ अठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargata-tīrthayātrāparvaṇi Lomaśa-tīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Prabhāsa-kṣetrasya bhitare Yādava-Pāṇḍava-samāgama-viṣayaka ekaśata-aṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Так завершается сто восемнадцатая глава «Махабхараты» в «Вана-парве», в составе «Тиртхаятра-парвы», в повествовании о паломничестве Ломаши—о встрече Ядавов и Пандавов в священной области Прабхаса. Эта заключительная формула знаменует завершение отдельного повествовательного звена и утверждает паломничество как нравственно-духовный фон, на котором особенно выделяются союзы, родство и размышление, направленное к дхарме.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाःof Lomasha's pilgrimage

प्रसङ्गेin the context/episode

प्रभासक्षेत्रस्यof the Prabhāsa region

अन्तःwithin/inside

यादवपाण्डवसमागमविषयकःconcerning the meeting of the Yādavas and Pāṇḍavas

अध्यायःchapter

एकशताष्टादशःone hundred and eighteenth

सम्पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/has become

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Lomaśa

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Yādavas

Pāṇḍavas

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter-ending colophon frames the pilgrimage setting as a dharmic space: sacred travel (tīrthayātrā) is presented as a context for moral reflection, purification, and the reaffirmation of right conduct and relationships, even amid political tensions.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding notice stating that the 118th chapter—about the Yādava–Pāṇḍava meeting within the Prabhāsa sacred region, narrated in the course of Lomasha’s pilgrimage account—has been completed.