Shloka 53

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि उत्तड़कोपाख्याने कृष्णोत्तड़कसमागमे त्रिपड्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi uttaḍakopākhyāne kṛṣṇottaḍakasamāgame tripañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Aśvamedhika Parva, en la sección del Anugītā, en el episodio llamado Uttaḍaka-upākhyāna, en el encuentro de Kṛṣṇa con Uttaḍaka, concluye el capítulo quincuagésimo tercero. Esta línea funciona como colofón formal, situando el discurso en su marco narrativo mayor y señalando la culminación del capítulo.

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकेin the Ashvamedhika (parva)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parva)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita sub-parva

उत्तडक-उपाख्यानेin the episode (upakhyana) of Uttadaka/Uttanka

कृष्ण-उत्तडक-समागमेat the meeting of Krishna and Uttadaka/Uttanka

त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमःfifty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā

Uttaḍaka

Kṛṣṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is not a doctrinal statement but a colophon. Its function is to locate the preceding teaching within the Mahābhārata’s hierarchy (Parva → section/sub-parva → episode) and to mark the completion of the chapter.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals that the narrative segment concerning the Uttaḍaka episode—specifically the encounter between Kṛṣṇa and Uttaḍaka—has reached the end of its fifty-third chapter within the Aśvamedhika Parva’s Anugītā portion.