Shloka 116

गालवेन उशीनरराजसमागमः

Gālava’s Audience with King Uśīnara

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत भगवद्यानपर्वमें गालवचरित्रविषयक एक सौ सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata udyogaparva-ke antargata bhagavadyānaparva-meṁ gālavacaritraviṣayaka ekaśata-ṣoḍaśatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อุทยคปัรวะ ภาคภควัท-ยานะ บทว่าด้วยจริยาของกาลวะ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยสิบหกได้สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीauspicious; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतof the Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वof the Udyoga Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded in; within

भगवद्यानपर्वin the Bhagavadyana-parvan (section)

गालवचरित्रविषयकconcerning the story of Galava

एकone

शतhundred

षोडशsixteen

अध्यायchapter

सम्पूर्णcomplete

अभवत्was; became (was completed)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

न

नारद (Nārada)

श

श्रीमहाभारत (Śrī Mahābhārata)

उ

उद्योगपर्व (Udyoga Parva)

भ

भगवद्यानपर्व (Bhagavad-yāna Parva)

ग

गालव (Gālava)

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 functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches attentiveness to textual structure—recognizing when an episode ends and how the epic organizes moral and political narratives into discrete units that guide the reader from one ethical situation to the next.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces the completion of the 116th chapter of the Galava episode within the Bhagavad-yāna section of the Udyoga Parva, indicating that the Galava-related narration has concluded here and the epic is poised to move onward within the broader pre-war diplomatic context.