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Shloka 118

Gālava Completes the Horse-Gift: Garuḍa’s Counsel and Viśvāmitra’s Acceptance (गालव-विष्वामित्र-सम्बन्धः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि गालवचरिते अष्टादशाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत भगवद्यानपर्वमें गालवचरित्रविषयक एक सौ अठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi gālavacarite aṣṭādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل الثامن عشر بعد المئة من «أوديوغا بارفا» من «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن القسم المعروف بـ«بهاغافد-يانا بارفا»، في خبر غالافا خاصةً.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीglory; auspicious honorific

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna sub-parvan

गालवचरितेin (the section on) the story of Gālava

अष्टादशाधिकशततमःone-hundred-and-eighteenth (118th)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Gālava

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches how the epic frames meaning through structure: episodes like Gālava’s are situated within the larger dharmic and political arc of Udyoga Parva, reminding readers that individual commitments (vows, gifts, duties) are ethically weighty and connected to broader social outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the 118th chapter—focused on the Gālava episode—has concluded within the Bhagavad-yāna section of Udyoga Parva.