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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

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் வனபர்வத்தில், தீர்த்தயாத்திரைப் பர்வத்தில், லோமசரின் தீர்த்தயாத்திரைச் செய்தியில், ‘ஷ்யேன-கபோதி’ (பருந்தும் புறாவும்) என்ற உபாக்யானத்தையுடைய நூற்று முப்பத்தொன்றாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirtha-yatra sub-parvan (pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomasha's pilgrimage (narration)

श्येनकपोतीयेin the (episode) of the hawk and the dove

एकत्रिंशत्thirty-one

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

श्येन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Śyena (hawk)

Kapota/Kapotī (dove/pigeon episode)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.