Shloka 78

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ७७: पुरुषकार–दैवसंयोगः तथा दुष्टमन्त्रपरामर्शस्य राजनैतिक-परिणामः

Human Effort, Contingency, and the Political Effects of Corrupt Counsel

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि अर्जुनवाक्ये5ष्टसप्ततितमो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi arjunavākye ’ṣṭasaptatitamo ’dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Udyoga Parva, na seção Bhagavad-yāna (a missão do Senhor), encerra-se o septuagésimo oitavo capítulo, na parte que registra as palavras de Arjuna.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quote marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yana sub-parvan

अर्जुनवाक्येin (the section called) 'Arjuna's speech'

अष्टसप्ततितमःseventy-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parvan

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon. Its function is to authenticate and locate the preceding discourse within the epic’s structure—Udyoga Parva, Bhagavad-yāna section—and to attribute the immediately preceding speech to Arjuna.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The colophon signals that the portion labeled as Arjuna’s words has ended and that the text is situated in the Udyoga Parva’s Bhagavad-yāna segment, the broader context of diplomatic and ethical efforts preceding the war.