Shloka 100
नारदेन गरुडात्मजानां नामकीर्तनम् | Nārada’s Enumeration of Garuḍa’s Descendants
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मातलिवरान्वेषणे शततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalivarānveṣaṇe śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva, in the Bhagavad-yāna section, in the episode of Mātali’s search, ends the hundredth chapter.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it frames the narrative within the epic’s structure, reminding the reader that events unfold as part of a larger ethical and political build-up (udyoga) where choices, counsel, and diplomacy shape the path toward or away from war.
The text signals the close of a chapter in the Udyoga Parva, specifically within the Bhagavad-yāna section, and identifies the episode-theme as the search for Mātali—serving as an editorial marker of where this unit of narration ends.