Shloka 95

Agastya–Lopāmudrā: Marriage, Austerity, and Conditions for Conjugal Union (लोमशकथितम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां गययज्ञक थने पञ्चनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ gayāyajñakathane pañcanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Kaya nga, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Vana Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Tīrthayātrā (paglalakbay sa mga banal na pook)—sa pagsasalaysay ni Lomaśa tungkol sa mga sagradong paglalakbay, sa salaysay hinggil sa paghahandog sa Gayā, dito nagtatapos ang ikasiyamnapu’t limang kabanata.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrtha-yātrā-parvan (pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomasha's pilgrimage (narration)

गययज्ञकथनेin the account of the Gayā-sacrifice

पञ्चनवतितमःninety-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

शमठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā-parvan

Lomāśa

Gayā

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?

As a colophon, the line does not teach through a direct maxim; it frames the chapter within the dharmic world of tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) and yajña (sacrifice), implying that sacred travel and ritual observance are recognized avenues of merit and ethical cultivation in the epic’s worldview.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing rubric of the chapter: it announces that the ninety-fifth chapter has concluded, and it locates the content as part of Lomāśa’s narration of pilgrimage sites, specifically in connection with the account of the Gayā sacrifice.