Shloka 102

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 101: Bhogavatī-varṇana, Nāga-vaṃśa-kathana, and Sumukha-vivāha-prastāva

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मातलिवरान्वेषणे दयथधिकशततमो<्थध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalivarānveṣaṇe dvyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے اُدیَوگ پَرو میں، بھگودھیان پَرو کے اندر، ‘ماتلی کے بہترین ور کی تلاش’ کے عنوان سے ایک سو دوواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: in the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan
• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवद्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मातलिवरान्वेषणे: in the search for Mātali’s boon/excellent (thing/person)
• मातलिवरान्वेषणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातलिवरान्वेषण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वयधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वयधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parva
• Mātali

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; it teaches how the epic self-organizes—marking closure of a chapter and situating the reader within the larger ethical-political arc of Udyoga Parva, where choices and preparations lead toward war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter and identifying its placement: in Udyoga Parva, within the Bhagavad-yāna section, specifically the episode titled “Mātali-varānveṣaṇa” (the search for the excellent Mātali).