Shloka 79

सहदेव–सात्यकि संवादः

Sahadeva and Satyaki on resolve after failed conciliation

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत भगवद्यानपर्वनें श्रीकृष्णवाक्यविषयक उन्नासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata udyogaparvake antargata bhagavadyānaparvaṇe śrīkṛṣṇavākyaviṣayaka unnāsīvāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

So endet das neunundsiebzigste Kapitel des Bhagavadyāna-Abschnitts innerhalb der Udyoga-Parva der Śrī Mahābhārata, ein Kapitel, das den Worten Śrī Kṛṣṇas gewidmet ist.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (text) Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavadyana sub-parva

श्रीकृष्णवाक्यविषयकconcerning the words of Sri Krishna

उन्नासीवाँseventy-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete

अभवत्was/has become

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavadyāna Parvan

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

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 verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it highlights that the chapter’s focus is Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s words, framing them as ethically significant guidance within the larger dharma-driven crisis leading to war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally concludes the seventy-ninth chapter of the Bhagavadyāna section in Udyoga Parva, signaling a transition point after Kṛṣṇa’s counsel and preparing the reader for the next development in the pre-war negotiations and decisions.