Shloka 104
Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत भगवद्यानपर्वमें मातलिके द्वारा वरका खोजविषयक एक सौ चारवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata Udyogaparvake antargata Bhagavadyānaparvaṇi Mātalinā dvārā varasya khojaviṣayaka ekaśatacaturtho 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ.
وهكذا ينتهي الفصل الرابع بعد المئة من قسم «بهاگڤد-يانا» ضمن «أُديُوغا پَرفا» من «شري مهابهاراتا»، وفيه وصفُ سعيِ ماتَلي للعثور على عريسٍ جدير. وتُعلن صيغةُ الختام هذه اكتمالَ وحدةٍ سردية تُؤطِّر الاختيارَ والاستحقاقَ وحُسنَ السلوك بوصفها شروطًا لازمةً للتحالف واستقامة النظام الاجتماعي.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-ending colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode’s ethical emphasis: social bonds such as marriage alliances are ideally grounded in merit, suitability, and dharmic fitness, not mere power or convenience.
This is the formal conclusion of Adhyāya 104 in the Bhagavadyāna section of Udyoga Parva, indicating that the chapter’s topic was Mātali’s search for a suitable bridegroom and that this narrative unit has now ended.