Shloka 141

Gandhamādana-praveśa and the Sudden Storm (गन्धमादनप्रवेशः — चण्डवातवर्षवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापवरमें लोगशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें गन्धमादनप्रवेशविषयक एक सौ इकलीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaharṣaṇatīrthayātrāprasange gandhamādanapraveśaviṣayaka ekaśataikacatvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《林居篇》（Vana Parva）中，尤于《朝圣篇》（Tīrtha-yātrā Parva）之内，至此圆满第一百四十一章：于罗摩诃尔沙那（Lomaharṣaṇa）所述朝圣行程之叙事中，专论入于甘达摩达那（Gandhamādana）之事。此句为章末题记（colophon），用以标示章终，并将叙事置于神圣行旅与其道德宗教之背景之中。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमत्glorious; venerable

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (pilgrimage section)

लोकशतीर्थयात्रायाःof the (people’s) pilgrimage (context)

प्रसङ्गेin the context; on the occasion

गन्धमादनप्रवेशविषयकःconcerning entry into Gandhamādana

एकशतैकचत्वारिंशत्तमःone-hundred-forty-first

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Gandhamādana

Lomaharṣaṇa

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’s primary function is structural rather than doctrinal: it frames the pilgrimage narrative as part of a dharmic practice (tīrthayātrā), implicitly emphasizing the religious and ethical value of sacred travel, purification, and reverence for holy places.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing notice of the chapter: it states that the 141st chapter—set within Vana Parva’s pilgrimage section and concerning entry into Gandhamādana—has ended, in the context of Lomaharṣaṇa’s account of the pilgrimage.