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Shloka 67

अध्याय ६६: संजयेन जनार्दन-प्रभाववर्णनम्

Sañjaya on Janārdana’s Decisive Sovereignty

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि व्यासगान्धार्यागमने सप्तषष्टितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasandhiparvaṇi vyāsagāndhāryāgamane saptaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Udyoga Parva—em particular, a seção sobre a missão e as negociações—encerra-se o sexagésimo sétimo capítulo, que descreve a vinda de Vyāsa a Gāndhārī. Este colofão assinala uma transição: após conselho e deliberação, a narrativa se volta para um encontro de grande peso moral, destinado a orientar a conduta e a afastar a ruína por meio de sábia admoestação.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

यानसंधिपर्वणिin the Yāna-sandhi-parvan (section on mission and treaty)

व्यासगान्धार्यागमनेin (the episode of) the coming/arrival of Vyāsa and Gāndhārī

सप्तषष्टितमःsixty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Yāna-Sandhi Parva

Vyāsa

Gāndhārī

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?

As a colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing the episode: moments of crisis (peace talks vs. war) require listening to authoritative moral counsel. The arrival of Vyāsa to Gāndhārī signals an ethical intervention—guidance aimed at restraining adharma and preventing catastrophic conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text marks the close of a chapter in the Udyoga Parva’s negotiation-focused section, identifying its theme as Vyāsa’s arrival to meet Gāndhārī. It functions as a formal transition to the next unit of narration.