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

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ವನಪರ್ವದೊಳಗಿನ ತೀರ್ಥಯಾತ್ರಾಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ಲೋಮಶನ ತೀರ್ಥಯಾತ್ರಾ ಪ್ರಸಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಷ್ಟಾವಕ್ರೀಯೋಪಾಖ್ಯಾನವಿಷಯಕ ನೂರ ಮೂವತ್ತಮೂರನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.

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.