Shloka 133

Gaṅgā-Tīrtha Darśana and the Prelude to the Yavakrīta–Indra Exemplum (लोमश-युधिष्ठिर संवादः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशती र्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ तैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvaṇi antargate Tīrthayātrāparvaṇi Lomaśatīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Aṣṭāvakrīyopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-trayodaśaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ một trăm ba mươi ba của tiết Aṣṭāvakra, thuộc phần Tīrthayātrā trong Vana Parva của Śrī Mahābhārata, trong mạch truyện hành hương của Lomaśa. Lời kết (colophon) này báo hiệu sự hoàn tất của đơn vị văn bản, đặt tiết truyện vào hành trình rộng lớn hơn—một cuộc du hành qua các thánh địa và giáo huấn nhằm nêu rõ đạo lý và phép tắc.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वनपर्वक: pertaining to the Vana-parvan
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वनपर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रापर्व: in the Tirthayatra-parvan (pilgrimage section)
• तीर्थयात्रापर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोमश: in (the narration of) Lomasha
• लोमश: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रा: of the pilgrimage
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसङ्ग: in the context/episode
• प्रसङ्ग: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यान: in the episode of the story of Ashtavakra
• अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यान: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टावक्रीयोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/relating to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रयः: three
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रिंशत्: thirty
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3, Singular

Speaker

अष्टावक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrthayātrā Parva
• Lomāśa
• Aṣṭāvakra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its teaching is structural and contextual—placing the Aṣṭāvakra episode within Lomāśa’s pilgrimage narration in the Vana Parva, emphasizing that embedded stories serve ethical instruction within the larger dharma-oriented journey.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking closure: it announces that the chapter dealing with the Aṣṭāvakra-related sub-story, situated in the Tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage) context narrated around Lomāśa, has concluded.