Shloka 99

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मातलिवरान्वेषणे एकोनशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalivarānveṣaṇe ekonaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນີ້ແລ ໃນສຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ ພາກອຸດໂຍກະ, ໃນຕອນວ່າດ້ວຍ “ພະພິທີເດີນທາງອັນເທວະ” (Bhagavad-yāna), ຕອນ “ການສືບສວນຄົ້ນຫາຜູ້ຄວນແກ່ມາຕະລິ” ບົດທີ 99 ກໍສິ້ນສຸດລົງ. ຂໍ້ປິດທ້າຍນີ້ເປັນໝາຍປິດຫນ່ວຍເລື່ອງ ແລະ ຊີ້ການຜັນຜ່ານໄປສູ່ສິ່ງທີ່ຈະຕາມມາ ໃນຄວາມຕຶງຕັນດ້ານທຳມະ ແລະ ການເມືອງກ່ອນສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna sub-parvan

मातलिवरान्वेषणेin the search for the excellent Mātali

एकोनशततमःthe ninety-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva (section)

Mātali

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 a colophon rather than a didactic verse: its function is to mark closure and locate the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s larger architecture. Ethically, it reminds readers that the epic’s teachings unfold through carefully framed narrative units—each episode contributing to the broader inquiry into dharma amid political crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

The statement announces the end of the chapter in the Udyoga Parva, within the Bhagavad-yāna section, specifically the episode titled “the search for the excellent Mātali.” It serves as a formal transition point to the next chapter/episode.