Shloka 78
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ७७: पुरुषकार–दैवसंयोगः तथा दुष्टमन्त्रपरामर्शस्य राजनैतिक-परिणामः
Human Effort, Contingency, and the Political Effects of Corrupt Counsel
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि अर्जुनवाक्ये5ष्टसप्ततितमो 5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi arjunavākye ’ṣṭasaptatitamo ’dhyāyaḥ
Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di bawah Udyoga Parva, dalam bahagian Bhagavad-yāna (misi Sang Tuhan), berakhirlah bab ketujuh puluh lapan, pada bahagian yang merekodkan kata-kata Arjuna.
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon. Its function is to authenticate and locate the preceding discourse within the epic’s structure—Udyoga Parva, Bhagavad-yāna section—and to attribute the immediately preceding speech to Arjuna.
The chapter concludes. The colophon signals that the portion labeled as Arjuna’s words has ended and that the text is situated in the Udyoga Parva’s Bhagavad-yāna segment, the broader context of diplomatic and ethical efforts preceding the war.