Shloka 59

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि संजयेन श्रीकृष्णवाक्यकथने एकोनषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें संजयद्वारा श्रीकृष्णके संदेशका कथनविषयक उनसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi saṃjayena śrīkṛṣṇavākyakathane ekonaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva and specifically the Yāna–Saṃdhi section, the chapter in which Saṃjaya recounts the message and words of Śrī Kṛṣṇa comes to its close—marking the completion of the fifty-ninth chapter.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

यानसन्धिपर्वणिin the Yāna-sandhi-parvan (section on mission and negotiation)

संजयेनby Sañjaya

श्रीकृष्णवाक्यकथनेin the narration of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's words/message

एकोनषष्टितमःfifty-ninth (lit. one-less-than-sixtieth)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Yāna–Saṃdhi Parva (section)

Saṃjaya

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

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?

As a colophon, the verse itself does not teach a new doctrine; it frames the ethical thrust of the preceding narration: Kṛṣṇa’s message is presented as a dharma-grounded attempt at reconciliation and right conduct before war, emphasizing that peace-making and truthful counsel are integral to righteous statecraft.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: Saṃjaya has finished recounting Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s words/message within the Udyoga Parva’s negotiation-focused section. The colophon marks completion and prepares the reader for the next development in the diplomatic and political sequence leading toward the Kurukṣetra conflict.