Shloka 136

भरद्वाजपुत्रवधः

The Slaying of Bharadvāja’s Son and the Sage’s Lament

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रस॑ंगमें यवक्रीतोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ छत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge yavakrītopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-ṣaṭtriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

かくして『マハーバーラタ』森林篇（ヴァナ・パルヴァ）所収「聖地巡礼篇」（ティールタ・ヤートラー・パルヴァ）において、ローマシャの巡礼譚の流れの中で語られるヤヴァクリータの挿話（ウパーキャーナ）を扱う第百三十六章は終わる。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

तीर्थयात्रापर्वin the Tirtha-yatra Parva (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशin (the narration of) Lomasha

तीर्थयात्राof the pilgrimage

प्रसङ्गin the context; on the occasion

यवक्रीतोपाख्यानof the Yavakrita episode (sub-tale)

विषयकconcerning; relating to

एकone

शतhundred

षट्त्रिंशthirty-six

अध्यायchapter

पूराcomplete; finished

हुआwas; became (completed)

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomaśa

Yavakrīta

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?

As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches textual orientation: it frames the Yavakrīta episode as moral instruction embedded within a pilgrimage discourse, implying that sacred travel and storytelling function together to cultivate dharma through remembered examples and their consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s section-marker announces that the chapter has ended: within the Vana Parva’s Tīrtha-yātrā Parva, during Lomasha’s account of a pilgrimage, the sub-tale concerning Yavakrīta has reached its conclusion for this chapter.