Shloka 59

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 58 — Saṃjaya’s Audience and Kṛṣṇa’s Deterrent Counsel (संजय-प्रवेशः कृष्णवाक्यं च)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि संजयेन श्रीकृष्णवाक्यकथने एकोनषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi saṃjayena śrīkṛṣṇavākyakathane ekonaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

So endet im Mahābhārata, im Udyoga Parva und dort im Abschnitt Yāna–Saṃdhi, das Kapitel, in dem Sañjaya die Botschaft und die Worte Śrī Kṛṣṇas berichtet—damit ist das neunundfünfzigste Kapitel abgeschlossen.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यानसन्धिपर्वणि: in the Yāna-sandhi-parvan (section on mission and negotiation)
• यानसन्धिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यानसन्धिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संजयेन: by Sañjaya
• संजयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीकृष्णवाक्यकथने: in the narration of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's words/message
• श्रीकृष्णवाक्यकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्णवाक्यकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनषष्टितमः: fifty-ninth (lit. one-less-than-sixtieth)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Yāna–Saṃdhi Parva (section)
• Saṃjaya
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse itself does not teach a new doctrine; it frames the ethical thrust of the preceding narration: Kṛṣṇa’s message is presented as a dharma-grounded attempt at reconciliation and right conduct before war, emphasizing that peace-making and truthful counsel are integral to righteous statecraft.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: Saṃjaya has finished recounting Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s words/message within the Udyoga Parva’s negotiation-focused section. The colophon marks completion and prepares the reader for the next development in the diplomatic and political sequence leading toward the Kurukṣetra conflict.