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

Así concluye el capítulo ciento treinta y tres del episodio de Aṣṭāvakra, ocurrido dentro de la sección de Tīrthayātrā del Vana Parva del venerable Śrī Mahābhārata, en el marco del relato de peregrinación de Lomaśa. Este colofón señala la culminación de esta unidad y sitúa el episodio como parte del viaje más amplio, de intención ética e instructiva, a través de lugares sagrados y enseñanzas.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वकpertaining to the Vana-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained within

तीर्थयात्रापर्वin the Tirthayatra-parvan (pilgrimage section)

लोमशin (the narration of) Lomasha

तीर्थयात्राof the pilgrimage

प्रसङ्गin the context/episode

अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यानin the episode of the story of Ashtavakra

विषयकconcerning/relating to

एकone

शतhundred

त्रयःthree

त्रिंशत्thirty

अध्यायchapter

पूरःcomplete

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

अष्टावक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Aṣṭāvakra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.