Shloka 53

Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 52: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Appraisal of Pāṇḍava Strength and the Case for Restraint

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये त्रिपड्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭravākye tripañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the fifty-third chapter in the Udyoga Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section on the mission and negotiations for peace, in the portion spoken by Dhṛtarāṣṭra. The colophon marks a formal close to the chapter, underscoring that the narrative is situated in the ethical tension between diplomacy and the looming war.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• यानसंधिपर्वणि: in the Yāna-sandhi section (sub-parva)
• यानसंधिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यानसंधिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये: in (the section of) Dhṛtarāṣṭra's speech
• धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्रवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Yāna-Saṃdhi Parva
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra