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

此为结语：在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《森林篇》中的《圣地巡礼篇》里，罗摩沙朝圣叙事所载、关于耶婆克利多之传说的第一百三十六章至此终了。

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: in the Tirtha-yatra-parvan (Pilgrimage section)
• तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्: in Lomasha's pilgrimage (narrative)
• लोमशतीर्थयात्रायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमशतीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• यवक्रीतोपाख्याने: in the tale of Yavakrīta
• यवक्रीतोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवक्रीतोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्त्रिंशत्: thirty-six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्त्रिंशत्
• 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

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Tīrthayātrā Parva
• Lomāśa
• Yavakrīta

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.