Shloka 62
Chapter 61: Karṇa’s martial assurances and Bhīṣma’s strategic rebuttal in the Kuru assembly
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि कर्णभीष्मवाक्ये द्विषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत उद्योगपवकेि अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें कर्ण और भीष्मके वचनविषयक बासठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi karṇabhīṣmavākye dviṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva—specifically in the section on negotiation and diplomatic mission (Yāna–Saṃdhi Parva)—the sixty-second chapter, concerning the exchange of words between Karṇa and Bhīṣma, comes to an end.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not add new doctrine; it frames the preceding dialogue as morally weighty counsel in a time of political crisis. By naming the negotiation context and the speakers (Karṇa and Bhīṣma), it highlights the ethical pressure points before war—how duty, loyalty, and honor are debated when peace is still possible.
The narrator marks the conclusion of the sixty-second chapter in the Udyoga Parva’s Yāna–Saṃdhi section, specifically the portion focused on the exchange between Karṇa and Bhīṣma. It is a formal closing line indicating that this unit of discussion has ended.