Shloka 119

नारदकथितं माधव्याः तपश्चर्या–ययातेः स्वर्गविचारः | Nārada on Mādhavī’s Asceticism and the Scrutiny of Yayāti in Heaven

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि गालवचरिते एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi gālavacarite ekonaviṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Udyoga Parva, trong phần Bhagavad-yāna (sứ mệnh thiêng), ở thiên kể chuyện về Gālava, chương thứ một trăm mười chín kết thúc. Đây là lời kết (colophon) ghi dấu sự khép lại của chương và đặt nó vào khung đạo lý–tự sự của Udyoga Parva, nơi nỗ lực hướng tới hòa bình, bổn phận và chính hạnh được nêu cao dù chiến tranh đã kề cận.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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

• गालवचरिते: in the episode (account) of Gālava
• गालवचरिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालवचरित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-nineteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parva
• Galava

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches indirectly by emphasizing textual and ethical framing—placing Galava’s episode within the Udyoga Parvan’s larger concern with right conduct, negotiation, and the moral weight of decisions made on the brink of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The colophon identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Udyoga Parvan), the sub-section (Bhagavad-yāna), and the episode (Galava’s story), and states that this is the 119th chapter.