Shloka 108

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि गालवचरिते अष्टाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत भगवद्यानपर्वमें गालवचरित्रविषयक एक सौ आठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi gālavacarite aṣṭādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ke-108 dalam Udyoga Parva dari Śrī Mahābhārata, pada bagian Bhagavad-yāna Parva, yang menuturkan kisah Gālava.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan

गालवचरितेin (the section on) the story of Gālava

अष्टाधिकशततमःone hundred and eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Gālava

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not add new doctrinal content; it frames the Gālava episode within the Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa embassy context, implicitly highlighting the Mahābhārata’s ethical emphasis on dharma-guided counsel and the effort to resolve conflict through righteous means before war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the 108th chapter of the Gālava narrative within the Udyoga Parva’s Bhagavad-yāna section. It functions as a formal end-of-chapter marker, indicating where this episode concludes in the Gītā Press edition’s structure.