Shloka 137

भीष्मद्रोणयोर्दुर्योधनं प्रति शमोपदेशः | Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s Counsel of Conciliation to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि कुन्तीवाक्ये सप्तत्रिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi kuntīvākye saptatriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

اِتی شری مہابھارت کے اُدیَوگ پَرو میں، بھگودھیان پَرو کے تحت، کُنتی کے کلام کے प्रसنگ کا ایک سو سینتیسواں (۱۳۷واں) ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

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

• कुन्तीवाक्ये: in (the section called) Kuntī’s speech
• कुन्तीवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तत्रिंशदधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-thirty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तत्रिंशदधिकशततम
• 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
• Kuntī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it frames Kuntī’s counsel as part of the ethical and political preparation for the coming conflict, emphasizing that her words belong to the dharma-centered deliberations preceding war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The colophon identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Udyoga Parva), the subsection (Bhagavad-yāna Parva), and the focus (Kuntī’s speech), marking the end of the 137th chapter in that sequence.