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Shloka 103

Mātali’s Proposal for Guṇakeśī and Sumukha’s Audience with Indra

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मातलिवरान्वेषणे त्रयधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalivarānveṣaṇe trayadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతం ఉద్యోగపర్వంలో, భగవద్యానపర్వంలోని మాతలి వరాన్వేషణ ప్రసంగానికి సంబంధించిన నూట మూడవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quotation marker)

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan

मातलिवरान्वेषणेin (the section on) the search for Mātali’s boon/excellent (one)

त्रयधिकशततमःone hundred and third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Mātali

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical-political setting: choices of alliance, counsel, and rightful selection (vara) are part of dharma-driven statecraft aimed at stabilizing society and, ideally, preventing destructive conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending marker stating that the 103rd chapter concludes within the Udyoga Parva, specifically in the Bhagavad-yāna section, during the episode where Mātali searches for a worthy bridegroom for his daughter.