Shloka 69

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि संजयवाक्ये एकोनसप्ततितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें संजयवाक्यविषयक उनहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi sañjayavākye ekonasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसन्धिपर्वणि सञ्जयवाक्ये एकोनसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

यानसंधिपर्वणिin the Yāna-sandhi-parvan

संजयवाक्येin the words/speech of Sañjaya

एकोनसप्ततितमःsixty-ninth (lit. one-less-than-seventy), ordinal

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Yāna–Saṃdhi Parva

Sañjaya

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 frames the narrative ethically by marking the close of a chapter in the peace-mission and negotiation context, reminding the reader that war is preceded by deliberation, counsel, and opportunities for restraint—key concerns of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya’s narrated unit concludes: the text formally ends the sixty-ninth chapter within the Udyoga Parva’s Yāna–Saṃdhi section, signaling a transition point in the account of diplomatic efforts before the Kurukṣetra war.