Shloka 23

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि सहदेवदु:शासनयुद्धे त्रयोविंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi sahadevaduḥśāsanayuddhe trayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Karṇa Parva, ends the twenty-third chapter, describing the battle between Sahadeva and Duḥśāsana.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• सहदेवदुःशासनयुद्धे: in the battle (episode) of Sahadeva and Duḥśāsana
• सहदेवदुःशासनयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव-दुःशासन-युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रयोविंशः: twenty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोविंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahābhārata
• Karṇa Parva
• Sahadeva
• Duḥśāsana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse chiefly teaches how the Mahābhārata frames violent events within an ordered textual and moral record: battles are narrated not as isolated brutality but as episodes embedded in a larger inquiry into dharma, responsibility, and consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line signals the end of the chapter in Karṇa Parva that centers on the combat between Sahadeva and Duḥśāsana; it is a formal closing statement rather than a spoken battlefield utterance.