Shloka 149

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 148: Vāsudeva’s Report—Mobilization and the Nīti Sequence

Sāma–Bheda–Daṇḍa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रवाक्यक थने एकोनपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत भगवद्यानपर्वमें धृतराष्ट्रवक्य कथनविषयक एक सौ उनचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭravākyakathane ekonapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے اُدیَوگ پَرو کے تحت بھگود یان پَرو میں دھرتراشٹر کے اقوال سے متعلق ایک سو اُنتالیسواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yana sub-parvan

धृतराष्ट्रवाक्यकथनेin the narration of Dhritarashtra's speech

एकोनपञ्चाशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-forty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily signals closure, but it implicitly highlights the ethical weight of royal speech and counsel in the war’s prelude: decisions and words spoken by leaders (here, Dhṛtarāṣṭra) carry consequences for dharma and the realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal end-marker of the chapter within the Bhagavad-yāna section of Udyoga Parva, indicating that the portion dealing with Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s statements has concluded and the text is moving to the next unit.