Shloka 60

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रविवेचने षष्टितमो5ध्याय: ।। ६० || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें धृतराष्टरके द्वारा कौरव- पाण्डवोंकी शक्तिका विवेचनसम्बन्धी साठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭravivecane ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 60 ||

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے اُدیَوگ پَرو کے ضمن میں یان-سندھی پَرو میں دھرتراشٹر کی جانب سے کورَووں اور پانڈَووں کی قوت کے موازنہ و تجزیہ پر مشتمل ساٹھواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; so; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

यानसन्धिपर्वणिin the Yāna-sandhi-parvan (section on mission/negotiation)

धृतराष्ट्रविवेचनेin the (topic of) Dhṛtarāṣṭra's deliberation/analysis

षष्टितमःsixtieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Yāna–Saṃdhi Parvan

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Kauravas

Pāṇḍavas

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?

Even at the threshold of conflict, a ruler must practice vivecana—clear-eyed discernment of power, counsel, and consequences—because ethical responsibility lies not only in strength but in the decision to restrain or unleash it.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon marking the completion of the chapter in which Dhṛtarāṣṭra evaluates the relative strengths of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas within the broader context of diplomatic efforts and negotiations preceding the war.