Shloka 70

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत कर्णपर्वमें युधिष्ठिरको आश्वासनविषयक सत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhiram āśvāsanaviṣayakaḥ saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das siebzigste Kapitel des Karṇa Parva im heiligen Mahābhārata, ein Kapitel, das der Zusicherung und Beruhigung Yudhiṣṭhiras gewidmet ist.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

कर्णपर्वणिin the Karna Parva

युधिष्ठिरस्यof Yudhishthira

आश्वासनविषयकःconcerning reassurance

सप्ततितमःseventieth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Karṇa Parva

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a colophon, highlighting that even amid warfare the epic foregrounds ethical steadiness through reassurance and counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira—affirming the importance of sustaining dharma and morale in crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya signals the formal conclusion of the seventieth chapter within the Karṇa Parva, identifying its theme as reassurance directed to Yudhiṣṭhira and marking a transition point before the narrative proceeds.