Shloka 94

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत कर्णपर्वमें रणभूमिका वर्णनविषयक चौरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Karṇaparvaṇi raṇabhūmikā-varṇana-viṣayakaś caturṇavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

Thus ends the ninety-fourth chapter of the Karṇa Parva of the sacred Śrī Mahābhārata, devoted to describing the setting of the battlefield. This closing formula signals a transition: the narrative pauses after establishing the scene of war, preparing the reader for the ethical and strategic consequences that will unfold amid the violence of Kurukṣetra.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

कर्णपर्वणिin the Karna Parva

रणभूमिकाbattlefield (as a topic/setting)

वर्णनविषयकःhaving the subject of description; concerning description

चौरानवतितमःninety-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Karṇa Parva

raṇabhūmi (battlefield)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes orderly narration and signals that the chapter’s purpose was to set the battlefield context, reminding readers that ethical choices in war unfold within a carefully framed scene.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces the completion of the ninety-fourth chapter in the Karṇa Parva, whose topic is the description of the battlefield setting; it functions as a formal chapter-ending marker before the next episode begins.