Shloka 109

Adhyāya 108: Paścima-dik—Varuṇa’s Realm, Sunset Cosmology, and Sacred-Geographic Markers

Suparṇa–Gālava संवाद

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि गालवचरिते नवाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi gālavacarite navādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так завершается сто девятая глава «Удьйога-парвы» «Шри Махабхараты» — в разделе «Бхагават-ьяна» (посольство Господа), в эпизоде, повествующем о деяниях Галавы. Этот колофон знаменует официальное закрытие главы и помещает рассказ в нравственную рамку наставления, долга (дхармы) и поиска праведного решения перед войной.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga Parva

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yana Parva (section)

गालवचरितेin the episode of Galava

नवाधिकशततमःone hundred and ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva (section)

Galava

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 does not add new instruction; it frames the reading ethically by locating the Galava episode within the Bhagavad-yāna context—where counsel, restraint, and rightful action (dharma) are weighed before conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally signals that this is the end of the 109th chapter within the Udyoga Parva, specifically in the Bhagavad-yāna section, and that the preceding material belonged to the Galava narrative.