Shloka 91
विदुरस्य कृष्णं प्रति शमोपदेशः
Vidura’s Counsel to Krishna on the Limits of Peace
इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि श्रीकृष्णदुर्योधनसंवादे एकनवतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇaduryodhanasaṃvāde ekanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
So endet das einundneunzigste Kapitel der Udyoga-Parva der Śrī Mahābhārata, im Abschnitt über die diplomatische Sendung des Herrn, nämlich den Dialog zwischen Śrī Kṛṣṇa und Duryodhana. Dieses Kolophon bezeichnet den Abschluss dieser Einheit und betont, dass Kṛṣṇas Rat und Duryodhanas Erwiderung als entscheidender moralischer und politischer Wendepunkt auf dem Weg zum Krieg gerahmt sind.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line itself teaches by framing the preceding exchange as a complete moral episode: Kṛṣṇa’s dharmic counsel and Duryodhana’s stance are presented as a decisive ethical test in which diplomacy is offered before violence, and refusal of righteous compromise becomes a cause for inevitable conflict.
The narrator signals the close of the chapter and identifies its placement: within Udyoga Parva, in the Bhagavad-yāna section, concluding the Kṛṣṇa–Duryodhana dialogue. It functions as an editorial marker that the diplomatic conversation has reached a formal endpoint.