Shloka 147

Droṇa–Vidura–Gāndhārī Counsel in the Royal Assembly (धर्मार्थयुक्ता सभा-उपदेश-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि भगवद्धाक्ये सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi bhagavadvākye saptacatvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Udyoga Parva, im Abschnitt namens Bhagavad-yāna Parva, im Teil „Bhagavad-vākya“, das hundertundsiebenundvierzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• śrīmahābhārate: in the Śrī Mahābhārata
• śrīmahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīmahābhārata
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• udyogaparvaṇi: in the Udyoga-parvan
• udyogaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: udyogaparvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• bhagavadyānaparvaṇi: in the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan
• bhagavadyānaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavadyānaparvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• bhagavadvākye: in the section (called) Bhagavad-vākya
• bhagavadvākye: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavadvākya
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• saptacatvāriṃśat: forty-seven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptacatvāriṃśat
• Form: indeclinable-numeral

• adhika: in excess; plus
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhika
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• śatatamaḥ: hundredth (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śatatama
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parva
• Bhagavad-vākya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Udyoga Parva’s Bhagavad-yāna section, framing Kṛṣṇa’s counsel/embassy material as authoritative ‘Bhagavad-vākya’ and situating it within the ethical build-up to war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative unit labeled ‘Bhagavad-vākya’ within the Bhagavad-yāna Parva has concluded; the text is marking the end of the 147th chapter in this section of Udyoga Parva (the pre-war preparations and negotiations).