Shloka 134

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

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायामष्टावक्रीये चतुस्त्रिंशयदाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyām aṣṭāvakrīye catuḥtriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So schließt im ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Vana Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt Tīrtha-yātrā—im Bericht von Lomāśas Pilgerfahrt und der Aṣṭāvakra betreffenden Episode das hundertvierunddreißigste Kapitel (Adhyāya 134).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: in the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)
• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्: in Lomāśa's pilgrimage (narrative)
• लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमशतीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टावक्रीये: in the (section) concerning Aṣṭāvakra
• अष्टावक्रीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टावक्रीय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुस्त्रिंशत्: thirty-four
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुस्त्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrtha-yātrā Parva
• Lomāśa
• Aṣṭāvakra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the Mahābhārata’s structure (Vana Parva → Tīrtha-yātrā section → Lomāśa’s pilgrimage → Aṣṭāvakra episode). Its function is organizational rather than doctrinal.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative segment being referenced is the pilgrimage account narrated in connection with the sage Lomāśa, within which the Aṣṭāvakra episode is situated; this verse itself simply signals the chapter’s conclusion and its placement.