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

Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section on pilgrimage (Tīrtha-yātrā Parva), in the account of Lomasa’s pilgrimage, in the episode concerning Aṣṭāvakra, the one-hundred-and-thirty-third chapter. This closing colophon places the teaching and the tale within the larger ethical frame of pilgrimage: learning through sacred travel, dialogue, and exemplary conduct.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• 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 Lomasha's pilgrimage (narrative)
• लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमशतीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-thirty-third
• त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

अष्टावक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

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

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.