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Shloka 91

Brahmaṇānāṃ Yācanā—Tīrtha-yātrā-prastāvaḥ

The Brahmanas’ Petition and the Proposal of Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशसंवादे एकनवतितमो<ध्याय: ।। ९१ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपववके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें युधिष्ठटिरलोमश-संवादविषयक इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśasaṃvāde ekanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 91 ||

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Vana Parva, ở phần Tīrtha-yātrā Parva (chương về cuộc hành hương đến các bến thiêng), trong cuộc đối thoại liên quan đến Lomāśa, chương thứ chín mươi mốt đã kết thúc.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrtha-yātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशसंवादेin the dialogue with Lomasha

एकनवतितमःninety-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomaśa

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?

This verse is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; its implicit lesson is structural rather than doctrinal—situating the narrative within the larger Mahābhārata framework (Parva → sub-parva → dialogue), emphasizing the tradition of organized transmission and contextual reading.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new event occurs here; the text formally concludes Adhyāya 91 of the Tīrtha-yātrā Parva within the Vana Parva, identifying that the chapter belongs to the Lomaśa-related dialogue as recited by Vaiśampāyana.