Shloka 13131

Aṣṭāvakra–Kahoda Upākhyāna: Śvetaketu’s Āśrama, Sarasvatī, and the Origin of Aṣṭāvakra

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां श्येनकपोतीये एकत्रिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ śyenakapotīye ekatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນ «ສຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ» ພາຍໃນ ວະນະປະຣະວະ (Vana Parva) ໂດຍສະເພາະໃນພາກ «ຕີຣຖະຍາຕຣາປະຣະວະ» ທີ່ບັນຍາຍການຈາລິກຂອງ ໂລມາຊະ—ໃນຕອນ «ສຽນະກະໂປຕີຍະ» (ເຫຍື່ອແລະນົກເຂົາ)—ໄດ້ສິ້ນສຸດບົດທີ 131. ຄໍາປິດທ້າຍນີ້ວາງກອບເລື່ອງເປັນອຸທາຫອນທາງຈັນຍາ ເນັ້ນຄວາມຕຶງຕັນລະຫວ່າງໜ້າທີ່ ຄວາມເມດຕາ ແລະການອ້າງສິດຂອງສັດຕ່າງໆ ພາຍໃນ ທັມມະ (dharma).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: in the Tirtha-yatra sub-parvan (pilgrimage section)
• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्: in Lomasha's pilgrimage (narration)
• लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमशतीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• श्येनकपोतीये: in the (episode) of the hawk and the dove
• श्येनकपोतीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्येनकपोतीय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकत्रिंशत्: thirty-one
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकत्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्येन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrtha-yātrā Parva
• Lomāśa
• Śyena (hawk)
• Kapota/Kapotī (dove/pigeon episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals that the preceding episode (hawk and dove) is presented as a dharma-illustration: ethical life involves weighing competing claims—compassion for the vulnerable, obligations toward living beings, and the limits of one’s duty—within a larger moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a closing colophon: it marks the end of the 131st chapter within the Vana Parva’s pilgrimage section, situating the ‘hawk-and-dove’ episode inside Lomāśa’s tīrtha-yātrā narration.