Shloka 151

Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वणि कुरुक्षेत्रप्रवेशे एकपज्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi sainyaniryāṇaparvaṇi kurukṣetrapraveśe ekapañcāśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతం పరిశ్రమపర్వములో, ప్రత్యేకంగా సైన్యనిర్యాణపర్వమందు, కురుక్షేత్రప్రవేశప్రసంగంలో నూట యాభై ఒకటవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan called 'Departure of the Army'

कुरुक्षेत्रप्रवेशेin (the section on) entering Kurukṣetra

एकपञ्चाशत्fifty-one

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःthe hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Sainyaniryāṇa-parvan

Kurukṣetra

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it signals a moral and narrative threshold: once the armies enter Kurukṣetra, the conflict moves from counsel and restraint to action and accountability, highlighting how choices culminate in unavoidable consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes a chapter within Udyoga Parva, identifying the sub-section (the armies’ march) and the episode (entry into Kurukṣetra), indicating that the preparations have reached the point of physical arrival at the battlefield.