Shloka 99

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां जामदग्न्यतेजोहानिकथने एकोनशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ jāmadagnyatejohānikathane ekonaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் வனபர்வத்தில் உள்ள தீர்த்தயாத்திராபர்வத்தில், லோமசர் கூறிய தீர்த்தயாத்திரை உரையில், ஜாமதக்ன்யன் (பரசுராமன்) தேஜஸ்ஸின் இழப்பை விவரிக்கும் தொண்ணூற்றொன்பதாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomaśa's pilgrimage (narration)

जामदग्न्यतेजोहानिकथनेin the narration of the loss of Jāmadagnya's (Paraśurāma's) splendor/energy

एकोनशततमःthe ninety-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomasha

Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)

Character Dynamics

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 is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; it highlights the ethical idea that spiritual potency (tejas) is not merely innate but can diminish through circumstances and conduct, and that sacred travel and narration are framed as means of transmitting dharmic memory and reflection.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding Adhyāya 99 of the Vana Parva’s Tīrtha-yātrā section, within Lomasha’s account of a pilgrimage, specifying that the just-finished portion concerned the story of the decline/loss of Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)’s tejas.