Mahabharata — Udyoga Parva, Shloka 73

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 72 — Bhīmasena’s counsel on conciliation and Duryodhana’s disposition

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि कृष्णवाक्ये त्रिसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi kṛṣṇavākye trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ಭಗವದ್ಯಾನಪರ್ವದ ಒಳಗೆ ‘ಕೃಷ್ಣವಾಕ್ಯ’ ಎಂಬ ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತಮೂರನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

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

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

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan (Book of Effort)
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: in the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan (section on the Lord's mission/journey)
• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवद्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कृष्णवाक्ये: in (the section called) 'Kṛṣṇa's speech/words'
• कृष्णवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिसप्ततितमः: seventy-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parvan
• Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the chapter’s close; its ethical import is contextual: Kṛṣṇa’s embassy and counsel in the Udyoga Parva frame dharma as something pursued first through negotiation and righteous speech before resorting to war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter within the Bhagavad-yāna (Kṛṣṇa’s mission) portion of the Udyoga Parva, identifying it as the seventy-third chapter and associating it with ‘Kṛṣṇa’s discourse.’