Shloka 54
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि संजयवाक्ये चतुष्पञ्चाशत्तमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi sañjayavākye catuṣpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parvan—specifically the section on the mission and negotiations for peace—ends the fifty-fourth chapter, in the narration spoken by Sañjaya. This is a formal colophon marking the close of the chapter, situating the discourse within the ethical tension between diplomacy and the looming war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach a doctrine directly; it frames the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s ethical landscape—where efforts (udyoga) toward peace (saṃdhi) are weighed against the duty-bound drift toward war—reminding the reader that narrative choices are evaluated through dharma.
The text is formally closing Adhyāya 54 of the Udyoga Parvan, identifying that the chapter belongs to the Yāna-Saṃdhi section and that the narration is delivered by Sañjaya.