Shloka 153

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वणि दुर्योधनसैन्यसज्जकरणे त्रिपठड्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi sainyaniryāṇaparvaṇi duryodhanasainyasajjakaraṇe tripaṭpañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так завершается в «Шри Махабхарате», в «Удьйога-парве» — а именно в разделе о выступлении войска — глава, описывающая приготовления Дурьодханы и сбор его рати: сто пятьдесят третья глава. Этот колофон знаменует формальное закрытие повествовательного блока, подчёркивая, что вследствие сознательной мобилизации и сделанного выбора движение к войне стало необратимым.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan called 'Army-departure'

दुर्योधनसैन्यसज्जकरणेin (the section on) the preparation of Duryodhana's army

त्रिपञ्चाशत्fifty-three

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःone-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Sainyaniryāṇa Parva

Duryodhana

Kaurava army (Duryodhana’s forces)

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 teach through direct instruction; it highlights the ethical weight of deliberate preparation for violence—mobilization is not accidental but chosen, and such choices propel society toward irreversible consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes a chapter in the Udyoga Parva that deals with Duryodhana’s army being readied and set in motion, signaling that negotiations have effectively given way to organized war preparations.