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Shloka 88

अध्याय ८७: कृष्णस्य हस्तिनापुरप्रवेशः

Krishna’s Entry into Hastināpura and Court Reception

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि दुर्योधनवाक्ये अष्टाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi duryodhanavākye aṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے اُدیَوگ پَرو میں، بھگودْیَان پَرو کے اندر، دُریودھن کے کلام کے باب میں اٹھاسیواں (۸۸واں) ادھیائے ختم ہوا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quotation marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan (section)

दुर्योधनवाक्येin (the portion called) ‘Duryodhana’s speech’

अष्टाशीतितमःthe eighty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva

Duryodhana

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?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata frames events—by clearly locating speeches and episodes—highlighting accountability in political-ethical discourse (here, Duryodhana’s stance within the failed peace mission that precedes war).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of a chapter in the Udyoga Parva, within the Bhagavad-yāna section, specifically the portion centered on Duryodhana’s words. It functions as an editorial boundary before the narrative proceeds to the next chapter.