Shloka 85

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Reception Plan for Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa): Gifts, Procession, and Protocol

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मार्गे सभानिर्माणे पज्चाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mārge sabhā-nirmāṇe pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva—specifically in the Bhagavad-yāna section concerning the Lord’s embassy—in the episode of constructing the assembly hall on the journey, the eighty-fifth chapter ends. This colophon marks the close of a narrative unit, setting the events within the ethical tension of diplomacy undertaken to avert war.

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so (end-quote marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• śrīmahābhārate: in the venerable Mahābhārata
• śrīmahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīmahābhārata
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• udyogaparvaṇi: in the Udyoga-parvan
• udyogaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: udyogaparvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• bhagavadyānaparvaṇi: in the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan
• bhagavadyānaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavadyānaparvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• mārge: in/at the section (called) 'Mārga' / on the path
• mārge: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• sabhānirmaṇe: in the (subsection) 'construction of the assembly-hall'
• sabhānirmaṇe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: sabhānirmaṇa
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• pañcāśītitamaḥ: eighty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcāśīti-tama
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parva
• sabhā (assembly hall)