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Shloka 133

Aṣṭāvakra–Bandi Vāda at Janaka’s Assembly

Numerical Cosmology and Restitution

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायामष्टावक्रीये त्रयस्त्रिंयदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyām aṣṭāvakrīye trayastriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

هكذا ينتهي، في «المهابهارتا الشريفة»، ضمن «فانا بارفا»، في قسم الحجّ إلى المَغاسل المقدّسة (تيرثا-ياترا بارفا)، في خبر حجّ لوماسا، في الحلقة المتعلّقة بأَشْتافَكْرا، الفصل الثالث والثلاثون بعد المئة. وتضع هذه الخاتمةُ (الكولوفون) التعاليمَ والسردَ في الإطار الأخلاقي الأوسع للحجّ: التعلّم عبر السفر إلى المواضع المقدّسة، والحوار، والسلوك القدوة.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomasha's pilgrimage (narrative)

अष्टावक्रीयेin the (episode/chapter) concerning Aṣṭāvakra

त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-thirty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

अष्टावक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomaśa

Aṣṭāvakra

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 rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches by framing—placing the preceding discourse within the dharmic practice of tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage), where ethical refinement and insight are gained through sacred travel and instructive encounters.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally marks its location: in the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the pilgrimage section narrated in connection with Lomasa’s tīrtha-yātrā, specifically in the Aṣṭāvakra-related episode, identifying this as the 133rd chapter.