Shloka 136
भरद्वाजपुत्रवधः
The Slaying of Bharadvāja’s Son and the Sage’s Lament
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रस॑ंगमें यवक्रीतोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ छत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge yavakrītopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-ṣaṭtriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Demikianlah berakhir bab ke-seratus tiga puluh enam Mahābhārata dalam Vana Parva, di bawah Tīrtha-yātrā Parva, dalam rangka kisah ziarah suci Lomāśa, yang membicarakan upākhyāna Yavakrīta.
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.