Shloka 146

Bhīmasena–Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां भीमकदलीषण्डप्रवेशे षट्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ bhīmakadalīṣaṇḍapraveśe ṣaṭcatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภาควนปารวะ ในตอนตฤถยาตราปารวะ ในเรื่องการจาริกแสวงบุญของโลมศะ ณ เหตุการณ์เข้าสู่ดงกล้วยอันเกี่ยวเนื่องกับภีมะ—จบบทที่ ๑๔๖

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Forest Book (Vana-parvan)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirtha-yatra sub-book

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in (the section of) Lomasha's pilgrimage

भीमकदलीषण्डप्रवेशेin the entry into the Bhima banana-grove

षट्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःone-hundred-and-forty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā-parvan

Lomāśa

Bhīma

kadalī-ṣaṇḍa (plantain grove)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the pilgrimage narrative; implicitly it highlights the Mahābhārata’s emphasis on tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) as a dharmic practice during the Pāṇḍavas’ forest period, where sacred travel and remembrance of holy places support ethical reflection and spiritual merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter in the Vana Parva’s Tīrthayātrā section, specifically within Lomāśa’s guided pilgrimage account, at the episode described as the Pāṇḍavas’ (notably Bhīma’s) entry into a plantain-grove (kadalī-ṣaṇḍa).