Shloka 153

Jaṭāsura-praveśa, Draupadī-apaharaṇa, and Jaṭāsura-vadha (जटासुरप्रवेशः द्रौपद्यपहरणं च जटासुरवधः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां सौगन्धिकाहरणे त्रिपउचाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ saugandhikāharaṇe tripañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так завершается в «Шри Махабхарате», в составе «Вана-парвы» (Книги о лесе), в разделе о паломничестве к священным бродам (Тиртха-ятра-парва), в повествовании о паломничестве Ломаши, в эпизоде о добывании благоуханных цветов саугандхика, сто пятьдесят третья глава. Это колофон, отмечающий конец главы и помещающий рассказ в более широкий нравственный контекст: лесное изгнание, очищающую силу паломничества и испытание желания, гордыни и самообуздания.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: in the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)
• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्: in Lomaśa's pilgrimage (narrative)
• लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमशतीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सौगन्धिकाहरणे: in the (episode of) bringing the Saugandhika flowers
• सौगन्धिकाहरणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौगन्धिकाहरण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिपञ्चाशदधिकशततमः: the one hundred and fifty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिपञ्चाशदधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrtha-yātrā Parva
• Lomāśa
• Saugandhika (fragrant flowers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing: it reminds the reader that the forest-exile narrative is embedded in a pilgrimage context, where sacred travel is meant to refine character. The surrounding Saugaṇdhika episode is traditionally read as a test of desire and pride, urging restraint, humility, and alignment with dharma even amid hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is not a spoken narrative event but an editorial closure: it announces that the chapter has ended and identifies its placement—Vana Parva, within the Tīrtha-yātrā section, specifically Lomāśa’s pilgrimage account, in the episode about obtaining the fragrant saugaṇdhika flowers.