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Shloka 126

मान्धातृ-जन्म-चरितम्

The Birth and Career Account of Māndhātṛ

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां मान्धातोपाख्याने षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ māndhātopākhyāne ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》中，于《林居篇》（Vana Parva）之《圣地巡礼篇》（Tīrtha-yātrā Parva），在罗摩沙（Lomaśa）巡礼的叙述中，于摩安陀诃特利（Māndhātṛ）王的故事里——至此，第一百二十六章终。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirthayatra Parva (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomasha's pilgrimage (narrative)

मान्धातोपाख्यानेin the episode (upakhyana) of Mandhatr

षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमःone hundred and twenty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomasa

Māndhātṛ

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 line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it frames the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s pilgrimage discourse, implying that tīrtha-yātrā and exemplary royal narratives (like Māndhātṛ’s) function as ethical instruction—guiding conduct through sacred travel, remembrance of dharma, and models of righteous rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter and identifying its placement: it belongs to the Vana Parva, specifically the Tīrtha-yātrā Parva, within Lomasa’s pilgrimage narration, and within the sub-episode about King Māndhātṛ. It signals the end of Adhyāya 126.