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Shloka 121

ययातिदौहित्रपुण्यसमुच्चयः | Yayāti and the Grandsons’ Consolidation of Merit

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि गालवचरिते ययातिस्वर्गभ्रंशे एकविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi gālavacarite yayātisvargabhraṁśe ekaviṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «أوديوغا بارفا»—وخاصة في قسم «بهاغافَد-يانا» (مهمة الرب)—في خبر غالافا، وفي رواية سقوط الملك يَياطي من السماء، تنتهي الفصول عند الفصل الحادي والعشرين بعد المئة. وهذه العبارة تقوم مقام الخاتمة (colophon)، فتُعلن إغلاق وحدةٍ سردية وتُثبت موضع العبرة الأخلاقية: فحتى المكاسب السماوية غير ثابتة إذا طرأ الكِبر، أو نَفِدَ الرصيد من الاستحقاق، أو وقع خللٌ في السلوك؛ ويضع النص ذلك في إطار الجهد السابق للحرب من النصح والاستقامة.

इतिthus; so (end-quotation marker)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata
श्रीमहाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga Parva
उद्योगपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउद्योगपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yana sub-parva
भगवद्यानपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभगवद्यानपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
गालवचरितेin the episode/deeds of Galava
गालवचरिते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगालवचरित
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
ययातिस्वर्गभ्रंशेin (the topic of) Yayati's fall from heaven
ययातिस्वर्गभ्रंशे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootययातिस्वर्गभ्रंश
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
एकविंशत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-twenty-first
एकविंशत्यधिकशततमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootएकविंशत्यधिकशततम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

नारद उवाच

M
Mahābhārata
U
Udyoga Parva
B
Bhagavad-yāna (Kṛṣṇa’s embassy section)
G
Gālava
Y
Yayāti
S
Svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

As a colophon, the verse does not add new instruction but highlights the ethical frame of the preceding episode: worldly and even heavenly attainments are impermanent, and dharma—humility, self-restraint, and right conduct—matters more than status or reward.

The text is closing a chapter and identifying its placement: Udyoga Parva, within Kṛṣṇa’s embassy section, in the Gālava episode, specifically the portion describing King Yayāti’s fall from heaven. It signals the end of Adhyāya 121.