Shloka 128

उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः

Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि कृष्णवाक्ये अष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi kṛṣṇavākye aṣṭāviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

อิติ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อุทยคปัรวะ ภาคภควัท-ยานะ ในวาจาของพระกฤษณะ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยยี่สิบแปดสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• 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-yana-parvan
• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवद्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कृष्णवाक्ये: in the discourse/words of Krishna
• कृष्णवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred twenty-eighth (chapter)
• अष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parva
• Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through argument but through framing: it highlights that Kṛṣṇa’s words belong to a dharma-centered diplomatic mission. The ethical emphasis is that counsel and peace-making are integral to righteous conduct before resorting to war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing a chapter within the Udyoga Parva, specifically in the Bhagavad-yāna (Kṛṣṇa’s embassy) section, indicating that the preceding portion consisted of Kṛṣṇa’s discourse and that the 128th chapter has concluded.