Shloka 133
Gaṅgā-Tīrtha Darśana and the Prelude to the Yavakrīta–Indra Exemplum (लोमश-युधिष्ठिर संवादः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ तैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Tīrthayātrāparvaṇi Lomaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Aṣṭāvakrīyopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-trayodaśaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-third chapter of the Aṣṭāvakra episode, occurring within the Tīrthayātrā section of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the context of Lomāśa’s pilgrimage narrative. The colophon signals the completion of this unit, framing the episode as part of the broader ethical and instructive journey through sacred places and teachings.
अष्टावक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.