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Shloka 145

सौगन्धिकपुष्पप्रसङ्गः — The Saugaṇdhika Lotus and Bhīma’s Approach to Hanūmān

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां गन्धमादनप्रवेशे पजञ्चचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें गन्धमादनप्रवेशविषयक एक सौ पैतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ gandhamādanapraveśe pañcacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత వనపర్వంలోని తీర్థయాత్రాపర్వంలో, లోమశుని తీర్థయాత్రా ప్రసంగంలో, గంధమాదన ప్రవేశ విషయక నూట నలభై ఐదవ అధ్యాయం ముగిసింది।

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirtha-yatra sub-parvan

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomasha's pilgrimage narration

गन्धमादनप्रवेशेin (the topic of) entering Gandhamadana

पञ्चचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-forty-fifth (145th)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

घटोत्कच उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Gandhamādana

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?

The colophon frames the episode as part of a tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage), implying that travel through sacred places is a discipline of dharma: endurance, humility, and purification are treated as ethical-spiritual practices, and the narrative is organized to highlight that sacred geography can shape character and conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon: it announces that the chapter has ended and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, specifically the pilgrimage section led by Lomāśa, focusing on the Pandavas’ (and companions’) entry into the Gandhamādana region.