Shloka 47

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Sañjaya’s Report on the Pandavas’ Coalition

Kāmyaka Context

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपरव्वके अन्तर्गत इन्रलोकाभिगमनपर्वमें लोमशगमनविषयक सैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvaṇi antar-gate indralokābhigamana-parvaṇi lomaśa-gamana-viṣayakaḥ saptacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Sa ganito nagwakas ang ikaapatnapu’t pitong kabanata, hinggil sa paglalakbay kasama ang pantas na si Lomaśa, sa bahaging Indralokābhigamana ng Vana Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner/way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्री-महाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्री-महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वन-परर्वके: in the Vana-parvan section
• वन-परर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वनपरर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इन्द्र-लोक-अभिगमन-पर्वणि: in the Indraloka-abhigamana-parvan (the section on going to Indra's world)
• इन्द्र-लोक-अभिगमन-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रलोकाभिगमनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोमश-गमन-विषयकः: concerning Lomasha's journey
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोमशगमनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्त-चत्वारिंशत्तमः: forty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तचत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूरितः: completed/finished
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• श्रीमहाभारत (Śrī Mahābhārata)
• वनपर्व (Vana Parva)
• इन्द्रलोकाभिगमनपर्व (Indralokābhigamana Parva)
• लोमश (Lomaśa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it teaches attentiveness to textual structure and transmission—how the epic is carefully segmented and concluded—supporting disciplined study (svādhyāya) and faithful preservation of narrative units.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals that the forty-seventh chapter—focused on the theme of traveling with the sage Lomaśa—has concluded within the Indralokābhigamana portion of the Vana Parva, preparing the listener for the next chapter or thematic shift.