Shloka 106

Bhāgīratha’s Tapas and the Petition to Gaṅgā (गङ्गावतरण-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्चमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रसड्रमें सगरसंततिवर्णनविषयक एक सौ छठाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāke prasaṅgame sagarasantativarṇanaviṣayaka ekaśata chaṭhāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภาควนปรวะ ตอนตีรถยาตราปรวะ ในวาระการจาริกแสวงบุญของโลมศะ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยหก ว่าด้วยการพรรณนาวงศ์สกุลของพระเจ้าสคระ ได้สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Sri'

महाभारतMahabharata

वनof the forest

पर्वof the book/section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

तीर्थयात्राin the pilgrimage (to holy places)

पर्वin the parva/section

लोमशof Lomasha

तीर्थयात्राof the pilgrimage

प्रसङ्गin the context/occasion

सगरof Sagara

सन्ततिof the lineage/descendants

वर्णनof the description

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

एकone

शतhundred

षष्ठsixth

अध्यायchapter

सम्पूर्णcomplete; finished

अभवत्was; became (was completed)

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parvan

Lomāśa

Sagara

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 line functions as a colophon: it frames the episode within the larger structure of the Mahābhārata and signals completion of a chapter. Its ethical-literary value lies in emphasizing orderly transmission of tradition—placing teachings, sacred places, and royal lineages within a remembered, authoritative narrative context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces that the chapter has ended: during Lomāśa’s pilgrimage narration in the Tīrtha-yātrā section of the Vana Parva, the chapter whose subject is the description of King Sagara’s descendants is now complete.