Shloka 109
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि गालवचरिते नवाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi gālavacarite navādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the one-hundred-and-ninth chapter in the Udyoga Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata—within the section concerning the Lord’s embassy (Bhagavad-yāna), in the episode narrating Gālava’s story. This colophon marks the formal close of the chapter, setting the tale within the ethical frame of counsel, duty (dharma), and the quest for a rightful resolution before war.
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not add new instruction; it frames the reading ethically by locating the Galava episode within the Bhagavad-yāna context—where counsel, restraint, and rightful action (dharma) are weighed before conflict.
The chapter concludes. The text formally signals that this is the end of the 109th chapter within the Udyoga Parva, specifically in the Bhagavad-yāna section, and that the preceding material belonged to the Galava narrative.