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Shloka 132

Vidurā–Putra Saṃvāda: Utsāha, Kīrti, and Kṣātra Resolve

Udyoga-parva 131

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि कुन्तीवाक्ये द्वात्रिशधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi kuntīvākye dvātriśadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Udyoga Parva—genauer im Abschnitt Bhagavad-yāna Parva—das hundertzweiunddreißigste Kapitel, das hier als „Kuntīs Rede“ bezeichnet wird.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quote marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan

कुन्तीवाक्येin (the section called) Kuntī's speech

द्वात्रिंशत्thirty-two

अधिकmore; additional

शतhundred

तमःthe -th (ordinal, superlative suffix used for numbering)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna (Kṛṣṇa’s embassy section)

Kuntī

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 didactic verse: its function is to frame the text—identifying the epic, the parva, the sub-section, and the chapter—thereby emphasizing orderly transmission and contextual reading of dharma discussions within the larger movement toward conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The colophon states that the passage belongs to the Udyoga Parva, within the Bhagavad-yāna (Kṛṣṇa’s embassy) context, and is associated with Kuntī’s discourse—situating the reader amid negotiations and moral counsel preceding the Kurukṣetra war.