Shloka 84
कुरुसभायां केशवागमन-सत्कारविधानम् / Preparations to Honor Keśava at the Kuru Court
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि श्रीकृष्णप्रयाणे चतुरशीतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇaprayāṇe caturaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ਇਤਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਉਦਯੋਗ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਗਵਦ੍ਯਾਨ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ-ਪ੍ਰਯਾਣ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਚੌਰਾਸੀਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when conflict looms, dharma requires sincere attempts at reconciliation through counsel and diplomacy; only after exhausting peaceful means does recourse to force become thinkable.
This is the chapter-ending colophon: it marks the close of the eighty-fourth chapter in the Udyoga Parva’s Bhagavad-yāna section, indicating that the narration has reached the point of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s departure on his mission.