Shloka 24

अध्याय २३ — संजयस्योपप्लव्यगमनम् तथा युधिष्ठिरकुशलप्रश्नाः

Sanjaya’s Arrival at Upaplavya and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Welfare Inquiries

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि सञ्जययानपर्वणि संजयवाक्ये चतुर्विशो5ध्याय: ।। २४ ।। इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत संजययानपर्वमें संजयवाक्यविषयक चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi sañjayayānaparvaṇi sañjayavākye caturviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ || 24 ||

Translation

இவ்வாறு புனிதமான மகாபாரதத்தின் உத்யோகப் பர்வத்தில், ‘சஞ்சயயான’ என்னும் பிரிவில், சஞ்சய உரை கொண்ட இருபத்துநான்காம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

सञ्जययानपर्वणिin the Sanjayayana-parvan

संजयवाक्येin the words/speech of Sanjaya

चतुर्विंशःtwenty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

सयजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parvan

Sañjaya-yāna Parvan

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?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its implicit lesson is the importance of orderly transmission of discourse—placing counsel and diplomatic speech within the epic’s moral architecture before the descent into war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally concludes a chapter in the Udyoga Parvan, specifically within the Sañjaya-yāna section, indicating that Sañjaya’s spoken portion for this chapter has ended.