Shloka 88

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि दुर्योधनवाक्ये अष्टाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi duryodhanavākye aṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના ઉદ્યોગપર્વના ભગવદ્યાનપર્વમાં દુર્યોધનવાક્ય પ્રસંગનો અઠ્ઠ્યાસી (૮૮મો) અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત થયો।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (end-quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: in the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan (section)
• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवद्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दुर्योधनवाक्ये: in (the portion called) ‘Duryodhana’s speech’
• दुर्योधनवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधनवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टाशीतितमः: the eighty-eighth
• अष्टाशीतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parva
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata frames events—by clearly locating speeches and episodes—highlighting accountability in political-ethical discourse (here, Duryodhana’s stance within the failed peace mission that precedes war).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of a chapter in the Udyoga Parva, within the Bhagavad-yāna section, specifically the portion centered on Duryodhana’s words. It functions as an editorial boundary before the narrative proceeds to the next chapter.