Shloka 66

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि संजयवाक्ये षट्षष्टितमो5ध्याय: ।। ६६ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें संजयवाक्यविषयक छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi sañjayavākye ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 66 ||

Translation

এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ উদ্যোগপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত যানসন্ধিপৰ্বত সংজয়বাক্য-বিষয়ক ছেষট্টিতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল। (৬৬)

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

यानसंधिपर्वणिin the Yāna-sandhi-parvan

संजयवाक्येin (the section of) Sañjaya's speech

षट्षष्टितमःsixty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Yāna–Saṃdhi Parva

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: it emphasizes textual framing—who is speaking (Sañjaya) and where the narrative sits (Udyoga Parva, Yāna–Saṃdhi). Ethically, it situates the reader in the peace-negotiation phase that precedes war, highlighting the Mahābhārata’s concern with dharma in diplomacy before resorting to violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

The statement marks the completion of the sixty-sixth chapter of the Yāna–Saṃdhi portion within Udyoga Parva, specifically the segment presented as Sañjaya’s narration. It functions as an editorial/recitational closure rather than advancing plot events.