Shloka 128

Plakṣāvataraṇa–Yamunā Tīrtha and Prajāpati’s Vedī

Kurukṣetra Threshold

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोगशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें जन्तूपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ अद्ठाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate tīrthayātrāparvaṇi logaśatīrthayātrāprasange jantūpākhyānavिषayaka ekaśatāṣṭāviṃśatitamam adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ một trăm hai mươi tám của Mahābhārata, thuộc Vana Parva, trong Tīrtha-yātrā Parva, ở mạch chuyện về cuộc hành hương đến bến thiêng của Logasha, bàn về truyện được gọi là Jantu-upākhyāna. Đây là lời kết (colophon) trang trọng, đánh dấu sự hoàn tất của một đơn vị giáo huấn và tự sự trong diễn ngôn hành hương rộng lớn hơn.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

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

• वन-पर्वणि: in the Vana Parva
• वन-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included; contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तीर्थ-यात्रा-पर्वणि: in the Tirtha-yatra Parva (section on pilgrimage)
• तीर्थ-यात्रा-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोमश-तीर्थ-यात्रा-प्रसङ्गे: in the context of Lomasha's pilgrimage
• लोमश-तीर्थ-यात्रा-प्रसङ्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जन्तु-उपाख्यान-विषयकः: concerning the tale (upakhyana) of Jantu
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक-शत-अष्ट-विंशतितमः: one hundred and twenty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टविंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrthayātrā Parva
• Logaśa (tīrtha context)
• Jantu (upākhyāna title)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it emphasizes textual structure—how the Mahabharata embeds ethical instruction through framed pilgrimage narratives and subsidiary tales (upākhyānas), and it formally signals the completion of a chapter within that instructional sequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator closes the chapter: within Vana Parva’s Tirtha-yatra section, in the episode connected with Logaśa’s pilgrimage site, the portion dealing with the Jantu-upakhyana is declared complete (chapter 128).