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Shloka 54

Saṃjaya’s Warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Accountability, Alliance-Shift, and the Pāṇḍava Strategic Edge

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि संजयवाक्ये चतुष्पञ्चाशत्तमो<ध्याय:

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi sañjayavākye catuṣpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

وهكذا، في «شري المهابهارتا»، ضمن «أوديوغا بارفَن»—وخاصةً في قسم «يانا–ساندهي بارفا» المتعلق بالبعثة والمفاوضات من أجل السلام—ينتهي الفصل الرابع والخمسون، في السرد الذي نطق به سَنْجَيا. وهذه خاتمةٌ رسمية تُثبت إقفال الفصل، وتُوَطِّن الخطاب في توترٍ أخلاقي بين الدبلوماسية والحرب الوشيكة.

इतिthus; so
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
यानसंधिपर्वणिin the Yāna-sandhi section (sub-parva)
यानसंधिपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयानसंधिपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
संजयवाक्येin the words/speech of Sañjaya
संजयवाक्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंजयवाक्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
चतुष्पञ्चाशत्तमःthe fifty-fourth
चतुष्पञ्चाशत्तमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुष्पञ्चाशत् + तम (प्रत्यय)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

Ś
Śrī Mahābhārata
U
Udyoga Parva
Y
Yāna-Saṃdhi Parva
S
Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

As a colophon, the verse does not teach a doctrine directly; it frames the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s ethical landscape—where efforts (udyoga) toward peace (saṃdhi) are weighed against the duty-bound drift toward war—reminding the reader that narrative choices are evaluated through dharma.

The text is formally closing Adhyāya 54 of the Udyoga Parvan, identifying that the chapter belongs to the Yāna-Saṃdhi section and that the narration is delivered by Sañjaya.