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Shloka 102

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 101: Bhogavatī-varṇana, Nāga-vaṃśa-kathana, and Sumukha-vivāha-prastāva

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मातलिवरान्वेषणे दयथधिकशततमो<्थध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalivarānveṣaṇe dvyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one-hundred-and-second chapter in the Udyoga Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section concerning the divine mission/embassy, in the episode titled “The Search for the Excellent Mātali.”

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan

मातलिवरान्वेषणेin the search for Mātali’s boon/excellent (thing/person)

द्वयधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Mātali

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; it teaches how the epic self-organizes—marking closure of a chapter and situating the reader within the larger ethical-political arc of Udyoga Parva, where choices and preparations lead toward war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter and identifying its placement: in Udyoga Parva, within the Bhagavad-yāna section, specifically the episode titled “Mātali-varānveṣaṇa” (the search for the excellent Mātali).