Shloka 155
Rukmī’s Offer of Aid and Arjuna’s Refusal (रुक्मिप्रस्तावः—अर्जुनप्रत्याख्यानम्)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वमें दुर्योधनकी सेनाका विभागविषयक एक सौ पचपनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata udyogaparvake antargata sainyaniryāṇaparvameṃ duryodhanasya senāyā vibhāga-viṣayaka ekaśata-pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਉਦਯੋਗ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਸੈਨ੍ਯ-ਨਿਰ੍ਯਾਣ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੁਰਯੋਧਨ ਦੀ ਸੈਨਾ ਦੇ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਨਿਆਸ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਇੱਕ ਸੌ ਪਚਪੰਜਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Though this line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse, it highlights a moral turning point: once armies are formally organized and set in motion, the path to violence hardens. The epic implicitly contrasts strategic preparation with the ethical responsibility to exhaust peaceful options before war becomes inevitable.
The narrator marks the completion of a chapter in which Duryodhana’s forces are divided and arranged within the Sainyaniryāṇa section of the Udyoga Parva, signaling that preparations for the Kurukṣetra conflict are advancing toward open war.