Shloka 133

Gaṅgā-Tīrtha Darśana and the Prelude to the Yavakrīta–Indra Exemplum (लोमश-युधिष्ठिर संवादः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ तैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Tīrthayātrāparvaṇi Lomaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Aṣṭāvakrīyopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-trayodaśaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

So endet das hundertdreiunddreißigste Kapitel der Aṣṭāvakra-Episode, die innerhalb des Tīrthayātrā-Abschnitts der Vana Parva des ehrwürdigen Śrī Mahābhārata im Rahmen von Lomāśas Pilgererzählung erscheint. Dieses Kolophon bezeichnet den Abschluss dieser Einheit und ordnet die Episode der größeren, ethisch-instruktiven Reise durch heilige Stätten und Lehren ein.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वनपर्वक: pertaining to the Vana-parvan
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वनपर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रापर्व: in the Tirthayatra-parvan (pilgrimage section)
• तीर्थयात्रापर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोमश: in (the narration of) Lomasha
• लोमश: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रा: of the pilgrimage
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसङ्ग: in the context/episode
• प्रसङ्ग: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यान: in the episode of the story of Ashtavakra
• अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यान: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/relating to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रयः: three
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रिंशत्: thirty
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3, Singular

Speaker

अष्टावक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrthayātrā Parva
• Lomāśa
• Aṣṭāvakra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its teaching is structural and contextual—placing the Aṣṭāvakra episode within Lomāśa’s pilgrimage narration in the Vana Parva, emphasizing that embedded stories serve ethical instruction within the larger dharma-oriented journey.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking closure: it announces that the chapter dealing with the Aṣṭāvakra-related sub-story, situated in the Tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage) context narrated around Lomāśa, has concluded.