Shloka 84

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Reception Plan for Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa): Gifts, Procession, and Protocol

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत भगवद्यानपर्वमें श्रीकृष्णका हस्तिनापुरको प्रस्थानविषयक चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata udyogaparvake antargata bhagavadyānaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇasya hastināpuraprastāna-viṣayakaś caturāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਉਦਯੋਗ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਭਗਵਦ੍ਯਾਨ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਹਸਤਿਨਾਪੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਥਾਨ ਦਾ ਵਰਣਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਚੌਰਾਸੀਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतMahābhārata

उद्योगof Udyoga (effort/preparation)

पर्वof the book/section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

भगवत्in the Lord's (Bhagavat's)

यानjourney/going

पर्वin the section (parva)

श्रीकृष्णof Śrī Kṛṣṇa

हस्तिनापुरHastināpura (to it)

प्रस्थानof departure

विषयकconcerning/relating to

चौरासीeighty-fourth

अध्यायchapter

पूरःcomplete

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Hastināpura

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even at the brink of conflict, dharma requires a sincere attempt at reconciliation through truthful counsel and diplomatic effort; Kṛṣṇa’s journey signifies the ethical priority of seeking peace before accepting war as unavoidable.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon marking the completion of the chapter in which the subject is Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s setting out for Hastināpura as part of the Bhagavad-yāna (the Lord’s diplomatic mission) within the Udyoga Parva.