Shloka 138

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि भीष्मद्रोणवाक्ये अष्टात्रिंशयेधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi bhīṣmadroṇavākye aṣṭātriṃśaye 'dhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «أوديُوغا بارفا»، في القسم المعروف بـ«بهاگافَد-يانا بارفا»، في خطابِ بهيشما ودرونا، تنتهي هنا الفصلُ الثامنُ والثلاثون بعد المئة.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan

भीष्मद्रोणवाक्येin the discourse/words of Bhīṣma and Droṇa

अष्टात्रिंशयेin (chapter) thirty-eight

अधिकशततमःone-hundred-and-more (i.e., 138th)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Bhīṣma

Droṇa

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?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to anchor the text—identifying the epic, the parva, the sub-parva, and the speakers—thereby emphasizing careful transmission and contextual reading, especially in ethically charged pre-war counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narration reaches a chapter boundary within the Udyoga Parva’s Bhagavad-yāna section, specifically concluding a segment associated with Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s words; it signals a transition point in the unfolding negotiations and preparations leading toward the Kurukṣetra war.