Shloka 61
दुःशासनवधः (Duḥśāsana-vadha) — Bhīma’s vow-fulfillment in combat
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत कर्णपर्वनें संकुलयुद्धविषयक इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhaviṣayaka ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sañjaya said: Thus ends the sixty-first chapter of the Karṇa Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata, dealing with the confused and densely entangled battle.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches textual and narrative framing: the war’s chaos is presented as a bounded episode, inviting reflection on how conflict escalates into confusion and how the epic organizes such turmoil into chapters for moral contemplation.
This is the formal closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the sixty-first chapter of the Karna Parva—focused on the tumultuous, entangled battle—has concluded, with Sanjaya as the narrator.