Shloka 100

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मातलिवरान्वेषणे शततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalivarānveṣaṇe śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Udyoga Parva, dans la section Bhagavad-yāna, dans l’épisode de la quête menée par Mātali, s’achève le centième chapitre.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna sub-parvan

मातलिवरान्वेषणेin the search for Mātali’s boon (excellent) [i.e., Mātali-vara-anveṣaṇa]

शततमःthe hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Mātali

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.