Shloka 154

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरार्जुनसंवादे चतुष्पज्चाशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहा भारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वमें युधिष्टिर-अजुनि- संवादविषयक एक सौ चौवनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi sainyaniryāṇaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirārjunasaṃvāde catuṣpañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva—specifically the section on the marching forth of the armies—ends the one hundred and fifty-fourth chapter, presenting the dialogue between Yudhiṣṭhira and Arjuna. (This is the formal colophon marking the close of the chapter.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan called 'Departure/March of the Army'

युधिष्ठिरार्जुनसंवादेin the dialogue of Yudhishthira and Arjuna

चand

चतुष्पञ्चाशत्fifty-four

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Sainyaniryāṇa-parvan

Yudhiṣṭhira

Arjuna

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 teaching-verse: it frames the ethical setting by locating the discourse within the war-preparation context and identifying it as a Yudhiṣṭhira–Arjuna dialogue, signaling that dharma is being deliberated amid impending conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally states that, within Udyoga Parva and the Sainyaniryāṇa section (the mobilization of armies), the 154th chapter—centered on the conversation between Yudhiṣṭhira and Arjuna—has ended.