Shloka 61

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि दुर्योधनवाक्ये एकषष्टितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें दुर्योधनवाक्यविषयक इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi duryodhanavākye ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Udyoga Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Yāna–Sandhi Parva (ang paglalakbay ng sugo at mga pakikipagkasundo)—ang ika-animnapu’t isang kabanata, hinggil sa pananalita ni Duryodhana, ay nagwawakas. Ang kolopon na ito ang tanda ng pagsasara ng isang talumpating naglalarawan ng tensiyong pang-dharma sa pagitan ng pakikipagkasundo at matigas na pag-ayaw, sa bisperas ng digmaan.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

यानसंधिपर्वणिin the Yāna-sandhi-parvan

दुर्योधनवाक्येin (the section of) Duryodhana's speech

एकषष्टितमःsixty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Yāna–Sandhi Parva

Duryodhana

Vaiśaṃpāyana

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 closure. Ethically, it frames the preceding material as Duryodhana-centered discourse within a peace-mission context, highlighting the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between negotiation (sandhi) and the hardening of will that leads to war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the completion of the sixty-first chapter in the Udyoga Parva’s Yāna–Sandhi section, identifying it as focused on Duryodhana’s words. It functions as an editorial/narrative boundary before the text proceeds to the next unit.