Shloka 26
Bhīṣma’s Appraisal of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Dharmic Rule (भीष्मोक्त-युधिष्ठिर-राजधर्म-प्रशंसा)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोहरणपर्वमें कर्ण और दु:ःशासनके वचनविषयक छब्बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata-goharaṇaparvaṇi karṇa-duḥśāsana-vacana-viṣayakaḥ ṣaḍviṁśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ বিরাটপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত গোহণপৰ্বত কৰ্ণ আৰু দুঃশাসনৰ বাক্য-প্ৰসঙ্গবিষয়ক ষড়বিংশ অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Though this line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse, it underscores a recurring Mahābhārata theme: speech and counsel are morally weighty. Words can guide toward restraint and dharma or inflame pride and aggression; therefore, accountability extends not only to actions but also to the advice and provocations that precipitate them.
This is the chapter-ending notice: it concludes the twenty-sixth chapter of the Goharaṇa (cattle-raid) section within Virāṭa Parva, specifying that the chapter’s subject concerned the statements of Karṇa and Duḥśāsana.