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Shloka 139

कैलास-श्वेतगिरि-प्रवेशवर्णनम्

Approach to Śveta Mountain and Kailāsa; Lomāśa’s Warnings and Protective Instructions

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां कैलासादिगिरिप्रवेशे एकोनचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ kailāsādigiripraveśe ekonacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Vana Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Tīrthayātrā (paglalakbay sa mga banal na pook)—sa paglalakbay na pinangunahan ni Lomāśa, sa pangyayaring pagpasok sa kabundukang nagsisimula sa Kailāsa, nagwawakas ang ika-isang daan at tatlumpu’t siyam na kabanata. Ang kolofon na ito’y tanda ng paglipat sa salaysay ng banal na paglalakbay, na inilalarawan ang paglalakbay bilang pagsasagawa ng dharma para sa paglilinis at magalang na paglapit sa mga sagradong pook.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrtha-yātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomāśa's pilgrimage (narrative)

कैलासादिगिरिप्रवेशेin the entry into mountains such as Kailāsa

एकोनचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-thirty-ninth (lit. 100 + (40−1))

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā-parvan

Lomāśa

Kailāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon underscores pilgrimage (tīrthayātrā) as a dharmic discipline: approaching sacred places with reverence is presented as a means of inner purification and ethical reorientation, not merely travel.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon: it signals the end of a chapter within the Vana Parva’s pilgrimage section, at the point where Lomāśa’s pilgrimage narrative reaches the episode of entering the mountain region beginning with Mount Kailāsa.