Shloka 134

Adhyāya 136: Yavakrī–Bharadvāja Saṃvāda and the Bāladhī–Dhanuṣākṣa Gāthā

Arrogance, Boons, and Nimitta

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह़्ा भारत वनपव्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापरवमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगें अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ चौंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate tīrthayātrāparvaṇi Lomaśatīrthayātrāprasange Aṣṭāvakrīyopākhyānaviṣayaka ekaśatacatuḥtriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي السورةُ الختامية للفصل الرابع والثلاثين بعد المئة من خبر أَشْطَافَكْرَة، الوارد ضمن قسم الحجّ إلى التيِرثات (tīrtha-yātrā) في «فانا بارفا» من «شري مهابهاراتا»، في سياق رواية لوماشَا لأسفار المزارات المقدّسة.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतthe Mahābhārata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrtha-yātrā section/chapter

लोमशतीर्थयात्राin (the account of) Lomasha's pilgrimage

प्रसङ्गेin the context/episode

अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यानविषयकpertaining to the episode (upākhyāna) of Aṣṭāvakra

एकशतचतुस्त्रिंशत्तमःone-hundred-and-thirty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Aṣṭāvakra

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse’s function is to frame learning as a guided journey: the Mahābhārata embeds ethical instruction within tīrtha-yātrā and exemplary sub-stories (upākhyānas). The closure reminds the reader that dharma is transmitted through remembered narratives and sacred contexts, not only through heroic action.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the completion of a chapter: the 134th chapter of the Aṣṭāvakra-related episode within the Tīrthayātrā section of the Vana Parva, presented in the setting of Lomāśa’s pilgrimage narration.