Shloka 139
Kṛṣṇasya Karṇam Prati Sāntvavacana
Kṛṣṇa’s Conciliatory Address to Karṇa
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि भीष्मद्रोणवाक्ये एकोनचत्वारिंशदिधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi bhīṣmadroṇavākye ekonacatvāriṃśadidhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa ganito, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Udyoga Parva—lalo na sa bahaging tumatalakay sa pagkapag-utos ng Panginoon—nagtatapos ang ika-isang daan at tatlumpu’t siyam na kabanata na naglalaman ng mga salita nina Bhīṣma at Droṇa. Ito ang kolopon na nagmamarka ng pagtatapos ng kabanata at naglalagay sa talakayang ito sa gitna ng krisis na moral at pampolitika bago ang digmaan.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it teaches how the epic frames ethical counsel within a carefully organized narrative structure—marking that Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s counsel belongs to the pre-war diplomatic efforts (Bhagavad-yāna), where dharma is debated before violence becomes inevitable.
The chapter concludes. The text identifies its location: Udyoga Parva, within the Bhagavad-yāna section, and notes that the chapter contained the statements of Bhīṣma and Droṇa. It functions as an editorial/narrative boundary rather than a spoken utterance.