Shloka 148

धृतराष्ट्रस्य वंशोपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Dynastic Counsel on Legitimate Rule

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि श्रीकृष्णवाक्ये अष्टचत्वारिंशदाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत भगवद्यानपर्वमें श्रीकृष्णवाक्यविषयक एक सौ अड़तालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇavākye aṣṭacatvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata udyogaparvake antargata bhagavadyānaparvameṃ śrīkṛṣṇavākya-viṣayaka eka sau aṛatālīsavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் உத்யோகப் பர்வத்தில், பகவத்யானப் பர்வத்தின் உட்பகுதியாகிய ஸ்ரீகிருஷ்ணவாக்கியப் பொருளுடைய நூற்று நாற்பத்தெட்டாவது அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Sri'

महाin the great (work)

भारतेin the Mahabharata

उद्योगin (the) Udyoga (parva)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parva)

भगवत्in (the) Bhagavat (Lord's) ...

यानin the journey/embassy

पर्वणिin the section (parvan)

श्रीकृष्णin (the words of) Sri Krishna

वाक्येin the speech/statement

अष्टeight

चत्वारिंशत्forty

अधिकadditional; over and above

शतhundred

तमःthe -th (ordinal suffix forming '...th')

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Character Dynamics

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 teaching but a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter and identifies its placement (Udyoga Parva → Bhagavad-yāna Parva) and its topic (Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s discourse).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative unit focused on Kṛṣṇa’s words within the Bhagavad-yāna episode has reached a formal close; the text marks the end of the chapter for recitation and manuscript organization.