Shloka 54
अध्याय ५३ — रणमेघोपमा सेना-वर्णना तथा सुषेण-वधोत्तर प्रतिक्रिया
Battle-as-Storm Imagery and the Aftermath of Suṣeṇa’s Fall
इति श्रीमहा भारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे चतुष्पठ्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe catuṣpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
«Iti»: So endet das vierundfünfzigste Kapitel, betitelt «Die verworrene und ineinander gemischte Schlacht», im Karṇa Parva der ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata. Sañjayas Bericht schließt diesen Abschnitt der Kriegserzählung feierlich ab und hebt die unablässige, verstrickte Natur des Kampfes hervor sowie die nüchterne epische Einordnung der Gewalt in den weiteren Horizont des Dharma.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This is a colophon (chapter-ending formula), not a doctrinal verse. Its ethical force is indirect: it frames the war narrative as a grave, structured account within the Mahābhārata’s dharma-discourse, reminding the reader that even chaotic violence is being recorded and judged within a moral and historical memory.
The text signals the close of a chapter in the Karṇa Parva, specifically the fifty-fourth chapter themed around ‘saṅkula-yuddha’—a confused, intermingled battle. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker concluding the section Sanjaya has been recounting.