Shloka 135

अदारा-नीति

Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि विदुलापुत्रानुशासने पज्चत्रिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi vidulāputrānuśāsane pañcatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one-hundred-and-thirty-fifth chapter of the Udyoga Parva of the revered Mahābhārata, within the section concerning the divine embassy, in the episode of Vidulā’s instruction to her son.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quote marker)

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाin the great (work)

भारतेin the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan (Book of Effort)

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan (section on the Lord's mission/journey)

विदुलापुत्रानुशासनेin the instruction/admonition to Vidulā's son

पञ्चत्रिंशत्thirty-five

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःthe hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parvan

Vidulā

Vidulā’s son

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, not a teaching verse: it formally marks the close of the chapter and identifies the larger section (Bhagavad-yāna Parvan) and the episode (Vidulā’s instruction to her son), framing the preceding counsel as an ethical admonition within the Udyoga Parva’s preparations and negotiations.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative unit titled “Vidulā’s instruction to her son” has concluded; the text signals the end of the 135th chapter within the Udyoga Parva, specifically inside the Bhagavad-yāna Parvan (the portion dealing with the Lord’s embassy/journey connected with peace efforts before war).