Shloka 149
Hanūmān’s Embrace, Counsel, and Promise to Amplify Bhīma’s Battle-Roar
Gandhamādana Continuation
इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां कदलीषण्डे हनुमद्धीमसंवादे एकोनपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ kadalīṣaṇḍe hanumaddhīmasaṃvāde ekonapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon nagtatapos ang ika-149 na kabanata ng Vana Parva ng Mahābhārata, sa bahagi ng paglalakbay sa mga banal na pook (tīrtha-yātrā)—ang salaysay ni Lomaśa tungkol sa mga paglalakbay na sagrado—na naganap sa kakahuyan ng Kadali, sa pag-uusap nina Hanumān at Bhīma.
भीम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even immense power must be guided by humility and right understanding: the pilgrimage setting and the Hanumān–Bhīma encounter frame strength as meaningful only when disciplined by dharma and respect for wiser, spiritually accomplished elders.
This line is a colophon marking the close of the chapter: it situates the episode within Vana Parva’s pilgrimage narrative told in connection with sage Lomaśa, specifying the location (Kadali grove) and identifying the featured discourse as the dialogue between Hanumān and Bhīma.