Shloka 75

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि भीमोत्तेजकश्रीकृष्णवाक्ये पजञ्चसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi bhīmottejakaśrīkṛṣṇavākye pañcasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Udyoga Parva—im Abschnitt über die Gesandtschaft des Erhabenen—das fünfundsiebzigste Kapitel, gekennzeichnet durch die Worte Śrī Kṛṣṇas, die Bhīmas Kampfesglut entfachen und erhöhen.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan

भीमोत्तेजकश्रीकृष्णवाक्येin the words of Śrī Kṛṣṇa that rouse Bhīma

पञ्चसप्ततितमःseventy-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Bhīma

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna 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?

As a chapter-colophon, the verse itself does not teach a new doctrine; it frames the preceding discourse as Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s ethically charged counsel that channels Bhīma’s power toward dharma, highlighting that strength should be guided by right purpose and wise instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing line marking the end of the seventy-fifth chapter within the Bhagavad-yāna section of the Udyoga Parva, indicating that the preceding episode centered on Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s speech that stirred Bhīma’s resolve in the lead-up to the great conflict.