Shloka 162

Pāṇḍava-senā-niryāṇa and Vyūha-vibhāga (पाण्डवसेनानिर्याण तथा व्यूहविभाग)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि उलूकदूताभिगमनपर्वणि कृष्णादिवाक्ये द्विषष्टयधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ulūkadūtābhigamanaparvaṇi kṛṣṇādivākye dviṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇതി ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ഉദ്യോഗപർവത്തിൽ, ഉലൂകദൂതാഭിഗമനപർവത്തിൽ, കൃഷ്ണാദിവാക്യവിഷയകമായ നൂറ്റി അറുപത്തിരണ്ടാം അധ്യായം.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

उलूकदूताभिगमनपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the coming/arrival of Ulūka as messenger

कृष्णादिवाक्येin the discourse/words of Kṛṣṇa and others

द्विषष्टिsixty-two

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःhundredth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Ulūka

Kṛṣṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic frames meaning through context—Kṛṣṇa’s words are placed within a diplomatic mission (Ulūka’s embassy) on the eve of war, highlighting that ethical counsel (dharma) is delivered amid political negotiation and escalating conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the close of a chapter in the Udyoga Parva, specifically in the section describing Ulūka’s arrival as an envoy. The chapter is identified by its opening formula ‘Kṛṣṇa (said)’, indicating that Kṛṣṇa’s discourse has been the central speech-content of this chapter.