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Shloka 81

द्रौपदी-कृष्णसंवादः

Draupadī–Kṛṣṇa Dialogue on Settlement and Daṇḍa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि सहदेवसात्यकिवाक्ये एकाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi sahadevasātyakivākye ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے اُدیَوگ پَرو کے بھگودْیان پَرو میں سہدیَو اور ساتْیَکی کے اقوال کے ضمن میں اکیاسیواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan

सहदेवसात्यकिवाक्येin the section (called) ‘the words of Sahadeva and Sātyaki’

एकाशीतितमःeighty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Sahadeva

Sātyaki

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?

The colophon emphasizes that this portion of the epic is structured around dharmic counsel and diplomatic speech—ethical deliberation and attempts at reconciliation are presented as necessary before war, underscoring responsibility in decision-making and the moral weight of words.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon: Vaiśaṃpāyana marks the close of the eighty-first chapter within the Udyoga Parva’s Bhagavad-yāna section, identifying the episode as centered on the statements of Sahadeva and Sātyaki in the context of the Lord’s embassy.