Shloka 81

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि सहदेवसात्यकिवाक्ये एकाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi sahadevasātyakivākye ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் உத்யோகபர்வத்தில், பகவத்யானபர்வத்தில், சகதேவ-சாத்யகி வாக்கியப் பிரசங்கத்தில் எண்பத்தொன்றாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: in the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan
• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवद्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सहदेवसात्यकिवाक्ये: in the section (called) ‘the words of Sahadeva and Sātyaki’
• सहदेवसात्यकिवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेवसात्यकिवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकाशीतितमः: eighty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parva
• Sahadeva
• Sātyaki

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon emphasizes that this portion of the epic is structured around dharmic counsel and diplomatic speech—ethical deliberation and attempts at reconciliation are presented as necessary before war, underscoring responsibility in decision-making and the moral weight of words.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon: Vaiśaṃpāyana marks the close of the eighty-first chapter within the Udyoga Parva’s Bhagavad-yāna section, identifying the episode as centered on the statements of Sahadeva and Sātyaki in the context of the Lord’s embassy.