Shloka 55

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि पार्थापयाने पञडचपज्चाशत्तमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi pārthāpayāne pañcapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the fifty-fifth chapter in the Karṇa Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the section concerning the advance of the Pārthas (the sons of Pṛthā).

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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

• पार्थापयाने: in the (section called) Parthapayana
• पार्थापयाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थापयान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चपञ्चाशत् + तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

(युधिष्टिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Karṇa Parva
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; its ethical function is indirect—by formally framing the narrative, it emphasizes disciplined transmission of the war-account and the continuity of the epic’s moral inquiry rather than presenting a standalone doctrinal teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not a spoken verse of dialogue but an editorial/recensional closing formula: it announces that the chapter has concluded within the Karṇa Parva, specifically in the subsection describing the Pārthas’ advance.