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Shloka 141

Dhanañjaya-viraha-śoka and the Resolve to Enter Gandhamādana (धनंजय-विरह-शोकः गन्धमादन-प्रवेश-संकल्पश्च)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशती र्थयात्रायां गन्धमादनप्रवेशे एकचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ gandhamādanapraveśe ekacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon, sa kagalang-galang na Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Vana Parva—lalo na sa Tīrthayātrā Parva—sa salaysay ng paglalakbay-pananampalataya ni Lomaśa, sa bahaging pagpasok sa Gandhamādana, nagtatapos ang ika-isang daan at apatnapu’t isang kabanata.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirtha-yatra sub-parvan (pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in (the narration of) Lomasha's pilgrimage

गन्धमादनप्रवेशेin the entry into Gandhamadana (mountain)

एकचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-forty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Lomasa

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?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and situating it within the pilgrimage narrative. Its ethical-religious emphasis is indirect: it frames the episode as part of a tīrthayātrā context, where sacred travel, remembrance of holy places, and disciplined conduct are treated as sources of purification and merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter in the Tīrthayātrā Parva, specifically the segment describing entry into Gandhamādana during Lomasa’s account. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker rather than spoken dialogue.