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Shloka 73

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 72 — Bhīmasena’s counsel on conciliation and Duryodhana’s disposition

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि कृष्णवाक्ये त्रिसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi kṛṣṇavākye trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் உத்யோகப் பர்வத்தில், பகவத்-யானப் பர்வத்தின் கீழ் ‘கிருஷ்ணவாக்கியம்’ எனப்படும் எழுபத்திமூன்றாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quote marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan (Book of Effort)

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan (section on the Lord's mission/journey)

कृष्णवाक्येin (the section called) 'Kṛṣṇa's speech/words'

त्रिसप्ततितमःseventy-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parvan

Kṛṣṇa

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 line is a colophon marking the chapter’s close; its ethical import is contextual: Kṛṣṇa’s embassy and counsel in the Udyoga Parva frame dharma as something pursued first through negotiation and righteous speech before resorting to war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter within the Bhagavad-yāna (Kṛṣṇa’s mission) portion of the Udyoga Parva, identifying it as the seventy-third chapter and associating it with ‘Kṛṣṇa’s discourse.’