Shloka 70

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 69: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Reverential Address to Sañjaya on Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि संजयवाक्ये सप्ततितमो< ध्याय: ।। ७० || इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें संजयवाक्यविषयक सत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi saṃjayavākye saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 70 ||

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Udyoga Parva—bagian Yāna–Saṃdhi—berakhirlah bab ketujuh puluh, yang berisi tuturan Sañjaya.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quote marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

यानसंधिपर्वणिin the Yāna-sandhi-parvan

संजयवाक्येin (the section of) Sañjaya's speech

सप्ततितमःseventieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Yāna–Saṃdhi Parva

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; its function is to authenticate and frame the preceding discourse as Sañjaya’s report within the Udyoga Parva’s diplomacy-and-preparation context, underscoring that counsel and negotiation are morally weighty steps before war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the seventieth chapter of the Yāna–Saṃdhi section in the Udyoga Parva, indicating that the preceding material was spoken by Sañjaya and that this unit of narration has concluded.