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Shloka 136

यवक्रीत-वधः

The Slaying of Yavakrīta at Raibhya’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि लोमशतीर्थयात्रायां यवक्रीतोपाख्याने षट्त्रिंयाधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāyāṃ yavakrītopākhyāne ṣaṭtriṃśyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ito ang pormal na pangwakas: nagtatapos ang ika-136 kabanata ng bahaging Tīrtha-yātrā sa loob ng Vana Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata—tungkol sa upākhyāna ni Yavakrīta, na isinalaysay sa konteksto ng paglalakbay-dambana ni Lomāśa.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirtha-yatra-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्in Lomasha's pilgrimage (narrative)

यवक्रीतोपाख्यानेin the tale of Yavakrīta

षट्त्रिंशत्thirty-six

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā Parva

Lomāśa

Yavakrīta

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?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it frames the preceding narrative as dharma-instruction delivered through pilgrimage discourse (tīrthayātrā) and exempla (upākhyāna). Its ethical function is to signal that the tale of Yavakrīta is meant to be remembered as a moral illustration within the larger dharma-oriented journey.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally identifies its location: within the Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, in the Tīrthayātrā section, during Lomāśa’s account of sacred travels, specifically in the sub-episode about Yavakrīta.