Shloka 133
Gaṅgā-Tīrtha Darśana and the Prelude to the Yavakrīta–Indra Exemplum (लोमश-युधिष्ठिर संवादः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ तैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Tīrthayātrāparvaṇi Lomaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Aṣṭāvakrīyopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-trayodaśaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Demikianlah berakhir bab ke-133 bagi episod Aṣṭāvakra, yang berlaku dalam bahagian Tīrthayātrā di dalam Vana Parva Śrī Mahābhārata, dalam rangka naratif ziarah Lomāśa. Kolofon ini menandakan tamatnya unit tersebut, serta meletakkan episod itu sebagai sebahagian daripada perjalanan yang lebih luas—yang sarat dengan pengajaran etika dan tuntunan melalui tempat-tempat suci serta ajaran-ajaran luhur.
अष्टावक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.