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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

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva—specifically the Tīrtha-yātrā section, in the account of Lomāśa’s pilgrimage and the episode concerning Aṣṭāvakra—this concludes the one-hundred-and-thirty-fourth chapter (i.e., the 134th adhyāya).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tīrthayātrā-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomāśa's pilgrimage (narrative)

अष्टावक्रीयेin the (section) concerning Aṣṭāvakra

चतुस्त्रिंशत्thirty-four

अधिकadditional; more

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Aṣṭāvakra

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.