Shloka 93

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत कर्णपर्वमें कौरवयेनाका पलायनविषयक तिरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Karṇaparvaṇi Kauravayenākā-palāyana-viṣayakaḥ trinavaty-adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: So endet im verehrten Mahābhārata, im Karṇa Parva, das vierundneunzigste Kapitel—über die Flucht des Kaurava-Heeres. Die Schlussformel betont das moralische Gewicht des Schlachtfeldes: Wenn Entschlossenheit zerbricht und Furcht die Disziplin übermannt, wendet sich selbst ein mächtiges Heer zur Flucht und offenbart die Zerbrechlichkeit der Macht, sobald Dharma und Führung versagen.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• कर्णपर्वणि: in the Karna Parva
• कर्णपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कौरवसेनायाः: of the Kaurava army
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरवसेना
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पलायनविषयकः: concerning the flight/retreat
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पलायनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिनवतितमः: ninety-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिनवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahābhārata
• Karṇa Parva
• Kaurava army

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the verse highlights a recurring ethical insight of the Mahābhārata: military strength is unstable when courage, discipline, and righteous leadership break down; retreat becomes a visible sign of inner collapse and moral disarray in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya marks the conclusion of the chapter in the Karṇa Parva, stating that the chapter’s subject was the Kaurava army’s flight/retreat, and formally closes the ninety-fourth adhyāya.