Shloka 91
विदुरस्य कृष्णं प्रति शमोपदेशः
Vidura’s Counsel to Krishna on the Limits of Peace
इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि श्रीकृष्णदुर्योधनसंवादे एकनवतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇaduryodhanasaṃvāde ekanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Demikianlah berakhir bab kesembilan puluh satu dalam Udyoga Parva Śrī Mahābhārata, dalam bahagian yang mengisahkan misi diplomatik Sang Bhagavān, khususnya dialog antara Śrī Kṛṣṇa dan Duryodhana. Kolofon ini menandai penutupan unit tersebut, menegaskan bahawa nasihat Kṛṣṇa dan jawapan Duryodhana menjadi titik perubahan moral dan politik yang menentukan di jalan menuju perang.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line itself teaches by framing the preceding exchange as a complete moral episode: Kṛṣṇa’s dharmic counsel and Duryodhana’s stance are presented as a decisive ethical test in which diplomacy is offered before violence, and refusal of righteous compromise becomes a cause for inevitable conflict.
The narrator signals the close of the chapter and identifies its placement: within Udyoga Parva, in the Bhagavad-yāna section, concluding the Kṛṣṇa–Duryodhana dialogue. It functions as an editorial marker that the diplomatic conversation has reached a formal endpoint.