Shloka 162

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि उलूकदूताभिगमनपर्वणि कृष्णादिवाक्ये द्विषष्टयधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ulūkadūtābhigamanaparvaṇi kṛṣṇādivākye dviṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva, in the section concerning the arrival of Ulūka as an envoy, concludes the one-hundred-and-sixty-second chapter, titled with the opening words of Kṛṣṇa’s speech.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उलूकदूताभिगमनपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the coming/arrival of Ulūka as messenger
• उलूकदूताभिगमनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूकदूताभिगमनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कृष्णादिवाक्ये: in the discourse/words of Kṛṣṇa and others
• कृष्णादिवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णादिवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विषष्टि: sixty-two
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विषष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; exceeding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Ulūka
• Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic frames meaning through context—Kṛṣṇa’s words are placed within a diplomatic mission (Ulūka’s embassy) on the eve of war, highlighting that ethical counsel (dharma) is delivered amid political negotiation and escalating conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the close of a chapter in the Udyoga Parva, specifically in the section describing Ulūka’s arrival as an envoy. The chapter is identified by its opening formula ‘Kṛṣṇa (said)’, indicating that Kṛṣṇa’s discourse has been the central speech-content of this chapter.