Shloka 135

यवक्रीत-वधः

The Slaying of Yavakrīta at Raibhya’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें यवक्रीतोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ पैंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargataṁ tīrthayātrāparvame lomāśatīrthayātrāke prasaṅgame yavakrītopākhyānaviṣayaka ekaśata-pañcatriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-fifth chapter of the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the Tīrtha-yātrā Parva, in the context of Lomāśa’s pilgrimage—dealing with the episode (upākhyāna) of Yavakrīta.

Word by Word

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

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

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

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

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

• तीर्थयात्रापर्व: in the Tīrtha-yātrā-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

• यवक्रीतोपाख्यान: of the Yavakrīta-episode (sub-narrative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवक्रीत-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; pertaining 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

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्च

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

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

• सम्पूर्ण: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became (was completed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrtha-yātrā Parva
• Lomāśa
• Yavakrīta

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter and situates the Yavakrīta episode within Lomāśa’s pilgrimage narration. Its ethical value is structural—reminding the reader that embedded tales (upākhyānas) are used to illuminate dharma within a larger journey narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter: within the Vana Parva’s Tīrtha-yātrā section, Lomāśa’s pilgrimage context has just presented the Yavakrīta upākhyāna, and this statement marks that the 135th chapter has ended.