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Shloka 194

Śikhaṇḍin’s Transformation, Daśārṇa Verification, and Kubera’s Conditional Curse

Udyoga Parva 193

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि अर्जुनवाक्ये चतुर्नवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi arjunavākye catur-navaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

かくして、尊き『マハーバーラタ』「ウディヨーガ・パルヴァ」中、「アンバー・ウパーキヤーナ」と称される段において、「アルジュナの言葉」と題する第百九十四章は終わる。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga Parva

अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Amba-upakhyana section

अर्जुनवाक्येin (the portion called) Arjuna's speech

चतुर्नवत्यधिकशततमःone hundred and ninety-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Ambā (Ambopākhyāna)

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon. Its function is to authenticate and locate the narrative—reminding the reader that the ethical discussions and actions belong to a specific parva, sub-episode (Ambā’s story), and a named speech segment (Arjuna’s), within the larger dharma-centered epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the chapter concludes. The colophon states that the text has reached the end of the 194th chapter in the Udyoga Parva, specifically within the Ambā-upākhyāna section and the portion labeled as Arjuna’s speech.