Shloka 54
Saṃjaya’s Warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Accountability, Alliance-Shift, and the Pāṇḍava Strategic Edge
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि संजयवाक्ये चतुष्पञ्चाशत्तमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi sañjayavākye catuṣpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Udyoga Parvan—en particular, en la sección Yāna–Saṃdhi Parva sobre la misión y las negociaciones de paz—concluye el quincuagésimo cuarto capítulo, en la narración pronunciada por Sañjaya. Este es un colofón formal que marca el cierre del capítulo y sitúa el discurso en la tensión ética entre la diplomacia y la guerra inminente.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach a doctrine directly; it frames the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s ethical landscape—where efforts (udyoga) toward peace (saṃdhi) are weighed against the duty-bound drift toward war—reminding the reader that narrative choices are evaluated through dharma.
The text is formally closing Adhyāya 54 of the Udyoga Parvan, identifying that the chapter belongs to the Yāna-Saṃdhi section and that the narration is delivered by Sañjaya.