Shloka 133
Aṣṭāvakra–Bandi Vāda at Janaka’s Assembly
Numerical Cosmology and Restitution
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायामष्टावक्रीये त्रयस्त्रिंयदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyām aṣṭāvakrīye trayastriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் வனபர்வத்தில், தீர்த்தயாத்திராபர்வத்தில், லோமசரின் தீர்த்தயாத்திரைச் செய்தியில், அஷ்டாவக்ர உபாக்யானத்திற்குரிய நூற்று முப்பத்துமூன்றாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.
अष्टावक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches by framing—placing the preceding discourse within the dharmic practice of tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage), where ethical refinement and insight are gained through sacred travel and instructive encounters.
The chapter concludes. The text formally marks its location: in the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the pilgrimage section narrated in connection with Lomasa’s tīrtha-yātrā, specifically in the Aṣṭāvakra-related episode, identifying this as the 133rd chapter.