Shloka 127
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 126 — Kṛṣṇa’s Indictment of Misrule and the Varuṇa Analogy (कृष्णवाक्यं–धर्मपाशदृष्टान्तः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि दुर्योधनवाक्ये सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi duryodhanavākye saptaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva—specifically the section on the Blessed Lord’s embassy (Bhagavad-yāna)—ends the one-hundred-and-twenty-seventh chapter, set in the context of Duryodhana’s speech. This is the closing colophon, marking the end of the chapter and placing it within the wider dharmic crisis of failed diplomacy before war.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches indirectly by framing the episode—Duryodhana’s stance during Kṛṣṇa’s embassy—as part of the moral and political breakdown that makes war imminent, highlighting how refusal of righteous counsel and diplomacy leads to catastrophe.
The chapter concludes. The colophon identifies the location in the epic (Udyoga Parva, Bhagavad-yāna section) and notes that the chapter’s content is associated with Duryodhana’s speech, marking the end of the 127th chapter in this sequence.