Shloka 149

Kuberasaras-darśana (Bhīma beholds Kubera’s guarded lotus-lake) / कुबेरसरः-दर्शनम्

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत लोमशतीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें कदलीवनके भीतर हनुमानजी और भीमसेनका संवादविषयक एक सौ उनचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-lomaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge kadalīvanasya bhitare hanūmān-jī ca bhīmasenaś ca tayoḥ saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-ūnapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, chương thứ một trăm bốn mươi chín của Vana Parva trong Thánh sử Śrī Mahābhārata—thuộc đoạn hành hương của Lomasa—kể về cuộc đối thoại giữa Hanumān và Bhīmasena trong rừng Kadali, đã kết thúc. Lời kết chương này xác nhận sự hoàn mãn của phần ấy, đặt cuộc gặp gỡ vào khuôn khổ linh thiêng: sức mạnh được tôi luyện bởi khiêm cung và được dẫn dắt bởi dharma.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: the Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वनपर्वके: of the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• लोमश: of Lomaśa (the sage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रा: of the pilgrimage to sacred places
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसङ्गे: in the context/episode
• प्रसङ्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कदलीवन: of the banana-grove
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदलीवन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भीतर: inside
• भीतर: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भीतर

• हनुमानजी: Hanumān (honorific)
• हनुमानजी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमान्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भीमसेन: of Bhīmasena
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवाद: dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उनचासवाँ: forty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनपञ्चाशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरा: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूरा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हुआ: was; became (completed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Past (perfective; Hindi 'hua' corresponding to Sanskrit अभवत्/समाप्तः), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Lomasa
• Kadali forest (Kadalīvana)
• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Lomasa’s tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the line chiefly marks closure, but it frames the preceding dialogue as a dharmic encounter: physical power is not an end in itself; it is to be disciplined by humility, reverence for the greater (elders and exemplars), and alignment with righteous purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces the completion of a chapter within Lomasa’s pilgrimage narrative in the Vana Parva, specifically the section describing the conversation between Hanumān and Bhīmasena inside the Kadali forest.