Shloka 102

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 101: Bhogavatī-varṇana, Nāga-vaṃśa-kathana, and Sumukha-vivāha-prastāva

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मातलिवरान्वेषणे दयथधिकशततमो<्थध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalivarānveṣaṇe dvyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《优陀伽篇》（Udyoga Parva）中，属于“天使出使/神圣使命”（Bhagavad-yāna）一段的“寻访卓越的摩多利（Mātali）”之事，第102章告终。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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

• मातलिवरान्वेषणे: in the search for Mātali’s boon/excellent (thing/person)
• मातलिवरान्वेषणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातलिवरान्वेषण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वयधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वयधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parva
• Mātali

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; it teaches how the epic self-organizes—marking closure of a chapter and situating the reader within the larger ethical-political arc of Udyoga Parva, where choices and preparations lead toward war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter and identifying its placement: in Udyoga Parva, within the Bhagavad-yāna section, specifically the episode titled “Mātali-varānveṣaṇa” (the search for the excellent Mātali).