Shloka 68

Sañjaya’s Knowledge of Keśava and the Discipline of Indriya-nigraha (संजयस्य केशवज्ञानम्—इन्द्रियनिग्रह-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि संजयवाक्येडष्टषष्टितमो5 ध्याय: ।। ६८ || इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें संजयवाक्यविषयक अड़सठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi saṃjayavākye aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 68 ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva—specifically in the section on the journey and negotiations for peace—ends the sixty-eighth chapter, consisting of Sanjaya’s narration.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• śrī-mahābhārate: in the revered Mahābhārata
• śrī-mahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-mahābhārata
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• udyoga-parvaṇi: in the Udyoga Parva
• udyoga-parvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: udyoga-parvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• yāna-sandhi-parvaṇi: in the Yāna-sandhi sub-parvan
• yāna-sandhi-parvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāna-sandhi-parvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• sañjaya-vākye: in Sañjaya's speech/statement
• sañjaya-vākye: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: sañjaya-vākya
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• aṣṭa-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ: sixty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa-ṣaṣṭitama
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Yāna-saṃdhi Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the close of a chapter. Its ethical significance lies in framing the preceding discourse within the Mahābhārata’s larger concern: the attempt at saṃdhi (peace) before resorting to war, reminding readers that negotiation and restraint are integral to dharma even amid inevitable conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya concludes his narration for this chapter, and the text formally announces that the sixty-eighth chapter of the Yāna-saṃdhi section within the Udyoga Parva has ended.