Shloka 34
Bhīmasena’s Admonition to Yudhiṣṭhira on Rājya and the Ordering of Dharma–Artha–Kāma
Book 3, Chapter 34
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि अर्जुनाभिगमनपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरवाक्ये चतुस्त्रिंशो 5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्माभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत अर्जुनाभिगमनपर्वमें युधिष्ठिरवाक्यविषयक चौंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi arjunābhigamanaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhiravākye catustriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus ends the thirty-fourth chapter of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section called the ‘Arjuna’s Approach/Meeting’ episode, in the portion centered on Yudhiṣṭhira’s words. (This is a colophon marking the close of the chapter rather than a spoken verse.)
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon: it does not teach a doctrine directly, but signals textual closure and preserves the traditional organization of the Mahābhārata into parvas, sub-parvas, and chapters, attributing the chapter’s focal speech to Yudhiṣṭhira.
No new narrative action occurs here; the statement simply marks that the thirty-fourth chapter—situated in the Vana Parva, within the Arjuna-abhigamana episode and associated with Yudhiṣṭhira’s discourse—has concluded.