Shloka 121

ययातिदौहित्रपुण्यसमुच्चयः | Yayāti and the Grandsons’ Consolidation of Merit

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि गालवचरिते ययातिस्वर्गभ्रंशे एकविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi gālavacarite yayātisvargabhraṁśe ekaviṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ตอนอุทยคปัรวะ ภาคภควัท-ยานะ ในเรื่องกาลวะ และในเหตุแห่งการตกจากสวรรค์ของพระเจ้ายยาติ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยยี่สิบเอ็ดจึงสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quotation marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga Parva

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yana sub-parva

गालवचरितेin the episode/deeds of Galava

ययातिस्वर्गभ्रंशेin (the topic of) Yayati's fall from heaven

एकविंशत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-twenty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna (Kṛṣṇa’s embassy section)

Gālava

Yayāti

Svarga (heaven)

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 add new instruction but highlights the ethical frame of the preceding episode: worldly and even heavenly attainments are impermanent, and dharma—humility, self-restraint, and right conduct—matters more than status or reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter and identifying its placement: Udyoga Parva, within Kṛṣṇa’s embassy section, in the Gālava episode, specifically the portion describing King Yayāti’s fall from heaven. It signals the end of Adhyāya 121.