Shloka 66

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि युधिष्ठटिरवाक्ये षट्षष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhiravākye ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das sechsundsechzigste Kapitel des Karṇa Parva im Śrī Mahābhārata, in dem Abschnitt, der die Worte Yudhiṣṭhiras darbietet. Dieses Kolophon bezeichnet einen feierlichen Abschluss und erinnert den Hörer daran, dass die Erzählung als Rede Yudhiṣṭhiras gerahmt ist—eine ethische Stimme im Kriegsbuch—wo inmitten der Gewalt von Kurukṣetra Verantwortung, Dharma und die Lasten des Königtums immer wieder abgewogen werden.

Word by Word

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

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

• कर्णपर्वणि: in the Karna-parvan (Book of Karna)
• कर्णपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरवाक्ये: in (the section of) Yudhishthira's speech/words
• युधिष्ठिरवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिरवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्षष्टितमः: sixty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्षष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Karṇa Parva
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches indirectly by framing the episode as Yudhiṣṭhira’s discourse within the war-book, highlighting that even in battle the Mahābhārata foregrounds moral accountability, dharma, and reflective speech.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text signals that the preceding content belonged to the Karṇa Parva and was presented under the heading of Yudhiṣṭhira’s words, serving as a formal boundary before the next chapter begins.