Shloka 53

Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 52: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Appraisal of Pāṇḍava Strength and the Case for Restraint

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये त्रिपड्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭravākye tripañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》乌迪约伽篇中“出使与和议”（Yāna–Saṃdhi）部分，持国王所述段落的第五十三章告终。此结语为本章作正式收束，强调叙事正处于外交与迫近之战之间的道德张力之中。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga Parva
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यानसंधिपर्वणि: in the Yāna-sandhi section (sub-parva)
• यानसंधिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यानसंधिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये: in (the section of) Dhṛtarāṣṭra's speech
• धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्रवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Yāna-Saṃdhi Parva
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line does not teach through a new maxim; it frames the ethical setting: the narrative belongs to the peace-mission and negotiation context, highlighting the Mahābhārata’s concern with dharma in statecraft—whether reconciliation is pursued or war becomes inevitable.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement for the chapter, identifying the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Udyoga Parva), the internal section (Yāna–Saṃdhi), the speaker-context (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s portion), and the chapter count (53rd).