Shloka 66
अर्जुनकर्णयोरस्त्रविमर्दः — Arjuna–Karna Astra-Engagement and Dharmic Appeal
इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि युधिष्ठटिरवाक्ये षट्षष्टितमो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhiravākye ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the sixty-sixth chapter of the Karṇa Parva in the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the section presenting the words of Yudhiṣṭhira. The colophon marks a formal closure, reminding the listener that the narrative is framed as Yudhiṣṭhira’s speech—an ethical voice within the war-book—where responsibility, dharma, and the burdens of kingship are repeatedly weighed amid the violence of Kurukṣetra.
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches indirectly by framing the episode as Yudhiṣṭhira’s discourse within the war-book, highlighting that even in battle the Mahābhārata foregrounds moral accountability, dharma, and reflective speech.
The chapter concludes. The text signals that the preceding content belonged to the Karṇa Parva and was presented under the heading of Yudhiṣṭhira’s words, serving as a formal boundary before the next chapter begins.