Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 61

Adhyāya 61: Saṃmohana-astra and the Kuru Withdrawal (संमोहनास्त्रं तथा कुरुनिवृत्तिः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते विराटपर्वणि गोहरणपर्वणि अर्जुनदु:ःशासनादियुद्धे एकषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvaṇi goharaṇaparvaṇi arjunaduḥśāsanādiyuddhe ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ইতি শ্রীমহাভারতের বিরাটপর্বে গোহরণপর্বান্তর্গত অর্জুন-দুঃশাসনাদি-যুদ্ধবিষয়ক একষট্টিতম অধ্যায়।

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

• विराटपर्वणि: in the Virata Parva
• विराटपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराटपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोहरणपर्वणि: in the (sub-)episode called the Cattle-Raid Parva
• गोहरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोहरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अर्जुनदुःशासनादियुद्धे: in the battle (involving) Arjuna and Duhshasana etc.
• अर्जुनदुःशासनादियुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन-दुःशासन-आदि-युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकषष्टितमः: the sixty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Virāṭa Parva
• Goharaṇa Parva (cattle-raid episode)
• Arjuna
• Duḥśāsana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode ethically by closing a chapter centered on aggression (a cattle-raid) answered by rightful resistance. It underscores how adharma-driven acts invite confrontation and public exposure, while disciplined valor serves the protection of what is rightfully held.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon: it announces that the sixty-first chapter of the Virāṭa Parva has concluded, specifically the portion dealing with the cattle-raid (Goharaṇa) and the battle in which Arjuna fights Duḥśāsana and other Kaurava warriors.