Shloka 47

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Sañjaya’s Report on the Pandavas’ Coalition

Kāmyaka Context

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपरव्वके अन्तर्गत इन्रलोकाभिगमनपर्वमें लोमशगमनविषयक सैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvaṇi antar-gate indralokābhigamana-parvaṇi lomaśa-gamana-viṣayakaḥ saptacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் வனபர்வத்தில் உள்ள இந்திரலோகாபிகமனப் பர்வத்தில், லோமச முனிவருடன் பயணம் செய்ததைப் பற்றிய நாற்பத்தேழாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner/way

श्री-महाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

वन-परर्वकेin the Vana-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

इन्द्र-लोक-अभिगमन-पर्वणिin the Indraloka-abhigamana-parvan (the section on going to Indra's world)

लोमश-गमन-विषयकःconcerning Lomasha's journey

सप्त-चत्वारिंशत्तमःforty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

पूरितःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)

श

श्रीमहाभारत (Śrī Mahābhārata)

व

वनपर्व (Vana Parva)

इ

इन्द्रलोकाभिगमनपर्व (Indralokābhigamana Parva)

ल

लोमश (Lomaśa)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it teaches attentiveness to textual structure and transmission—how the epic is carefully segmented and concluded—supporting disciplined study (svādhyāya) and faithful preservation of narrative units.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals that the forty-seventh chapter—focused on the theme of traveling with the sage Lomaśa—has concluded within the Indralokābhigamana portion of the Vana Parva, preparing the listener for the next chapter or thematic shift.