Shloka 136
यवक्रीत-वधः
The Slaying of Yavakrīta at Raibhya’s Hermitage
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां यवक्रीतोपाख्याने षट्त्रिंयाधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ yavakrītopākhyāne ṣaṭtriṃśyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth chapter of the Tīrthayātrā section within the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata—specifically, the episode concerning Yavakrīta, narrated in the context of Lomāśa’s pilgrimage account. The verse functions as a formal colophon, marking the close of the chapter and situating the narrative within its ethical frame: sacred travel and remembered exempla are presented as vehicles for instruction in dharma.
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it frames the preceding narrative as dharma-instruction delivered through pilgrimage discourse (tīrthayātrā) and exempla (upākhyāna). Its ethical function is to signal that the tale of Yavakrīta is meant to be remembered as a moral illustration within the larger dharma-oriented journey.
The chapter concludes. The text formally identifies its location: within the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, in the Tīrthayātrā section, during Lomāśa’s account of sacred travels, specifically in the sub-episode about Yavakrīta.