Shloka 49

Nara-Nārāyaṇa Precedent and Bhīṣma’s Counsel on Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna; Karṇa’s Reply

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि भीष्मद्रोणवाक्ये एकोनपज्चाशत्तमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें भीष्यद्रोणवचनविषयक उनचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi bhīṣmadroṇavākye ekonapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva—specifically the Yāna–Saṃdhi section—ends the forty-ninth chapter, concerning the words and counsel of Bhīṣma and Droṇa. (This is the colophon marking the close of the chapter.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the venerable/auspicious (as honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

यानसंधिपर्वणिin the Yāna-sandhi-parvan

भीष्मद्रोणवाक्येin the discourse/words of Bhīṣma and Droṇa

एकोनपञ्चाशत्तमःforty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Yāna–Saṃdhi Parva

Bhīṣma

Droṇa

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 verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the ethical weight of the preceding discourse by identifying it as Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s counsel within the diplomacy-and-war-preparation context of the Udyoga Parva, emphasizing that guidance (vākya) and deliberation are integral to dharma before conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text signals that the forty-ninth chapter of the Yāna–Saṃdhi section within the Udyoga Parva—centered on Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s words—has ended.