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

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ବନପର୍ବର ତୀର୍ଥଯାତ୍ରାପର୍ବରେ, ଲୋମଶଙ୍କ ତୀର୍ଥଯାତ୍ରା ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗରେ, ଶ୍ୟେନ-କପୋତୀୟ (ବାଜ ଓ କପୋତ) ଉପାଖ୍ୟାନର ଏକଶ ଏକତ୍ରିଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

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.