Shloka 104

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 103: Garuḍa’s Protest, Viṣṇu’s Demonstration, and Counsel Toward Śama

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मातलिवरान्वेषणे चतुरधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalivarānveṣaṇe caturadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या उद्योगपर्वातील भगवद्यानपर्वात मातलि-वरान्वेषण प्रकरणाचा (चार अधिक सहित) एकशे चौथा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quotation marker)

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna sub-parvan

मातलिवरान्वेषणेin (the section on) the search for the excellent Mātali

चतुरधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna (Kṛṣṇa’s embassy)

Mātali

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes orderly transmission and framing of the epic—marking the close of a chapter and situating the reader within the larger ethical narrative of diplomacy and impending war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of the chapter in the Udyoga Parva, specifically within the Bhagavad-yāna section, and identifies the episode-theme as the search for Mātali, serving as a formal transition point in the recitation.