Shloka 29

अनीकव्यूहप्रतिव्यूहः

Counter-deployment of Divisions and the Opening Tumult

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्वमें युधिषिर- अर्जुनसंवादविषयक इक्कीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvake antargataṁ śrīmadbhagavadgītāparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhira-arjuna-saṁvāda-viṣayaka ekaviṁśatitam adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ഭീഷ്മപർവ്വാന്തർഗതമായ ശ്രീമദ്‌ഭഗവദ്ഗീതാപർവ്വത്തിൽ, യുധിഷ്ഠിര-അർജുനസംവാദവിഷയകമായ ഇരുപത്തൊന്നാം അധ്യായം പൂർത്തിയായി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner/way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• भीष्मपर्वणि: in the Bhishma Parva
• भीष्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मपर्व
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्वणि: in the (holy) Bhagavad-Gita Parva/section
• श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्व
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• युधिष्ठिरार्जुनसंवादविषयके: concerning the dialogue of Yudhishthira and Arjuna
• युधिष्ठिरार्जुनसंवादविषयके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युधिष्ठिरार्जुनसंवादविषयक
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• एकविंशतितमः: twenty-first
• एकविंशतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकविंशतितम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सम्पूर्णः: complete/finished
• सम्पूर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), third, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahābhārata
• Bhīṣma Parva
• Śrīmad Bhagavadgītā Parva
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it emphasizes orderly transmission of dharma-teachings through a named dialogue and marks the formal completion of a chapter, reminding the reader that ethical instruction is embedded within the epic’s war narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya provides an editorial-style closure: he indicates that, within Bhīṣma Parva and the designated Gītā section, the chapter focused on the Yudhiṣṭhira–Arjuna dialogue has ended, signaling a transition point before the text continues.