Shloka 74

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि भीमवाक्ये चतु:सप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi bhīmavākye catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva—specifically the Bhagavadyāna section—ends the seventy-fourth chapter, presented as Bhīma’s speech.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: in the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan
• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवद्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीमवाक्ये: in (the section of) Bhīma's speech
• भीमवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतु:सप्ततितमः: seventy-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतु:सप्तति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parva
• Bhīma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its function is to close the chapter and locate it within the epic’s structure. Ethically, it signals that Bhīma’s counsel belongs to the tense pre-war phase where peace efforts (the Lord’s embassy) and the demand for justice are in direct conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes within the Udyoga Parva’s Bhagavad-yāna section, the narrative arc describing the Blessed Lord’s diplomatic mission. The colophon notes that the just-finished chapter is framed as Bhīma’s speech, underscoring the Pandava side’s forceful stance amid negotiations.