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Shloka 74

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 73 — Kr̥ṣṇa’s Appraisal of Bhīma’s Altered Temper and Reaffirmation of Martial Resolve

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि भीमवाक्ये चतु:सप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi bhīmavākye catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Udyoga Parva—insbesondere im Bhagavadyāna-Abschnitt—das vierundsiebzigste Kapitel, dargeboten als Rede Bhīmas.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan

भीमवाक्येin (the section of) Bhīma's speech

चतु:सप्ततितमःseventy-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Bhīma

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: its function is to close the chapter and locate it within the epic’s structure. Ethically, it signals that Bhīma’s counsel belongs to the tense pre-war phase where peace efforts (the Lord’s embassy) and the demand for justice are in direct conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes within the Udyoga Parva’s Bhagavad-yāna section, the narrative arc describing the Blessed Lord’s diplomatic mission. The colophon notes that the just-finished chapter is framed as Bhīma’s speech, underscoring the Pandava side’s forceful stance amid negotiations.