Shloka 47
Arjuna’s Approach, Drona’s Recognition, and the Turning of the Cattle (अर्जुनागमनम्, द्रोणवाक्यम्, गोगमनिवृत्तिः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोहरणपर्वमें उत्तरगोग्रहमें दुर्योधनवाक्यसम्बन्धी सैतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata-goharaṇaparvaṇi uttaragograhe duryodhana-vākya-sambandhī saptacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus concludes the forty-seventh chapter of the Mahābhārata’s Virāṭa Parva, within the Go-haraṇa (Cattle-Raid) section, in the episode of the Northern cattle-seizure, specifically connected with Duryodhana’s statements.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it highlights how epic narration is ethically framed through careful structuring—episodes are closed with accountability (who spoke, what theme), reminding readers that actions like cattle-raiding and provocation are not isolated events but part of a moral and political chain leading toward war.
The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals the end of a chapter in the Virāṭa Parva, within the cattle-raid episode (Uttara-gograha), specifying that the chapter’s content was connected with Duryodhana’s words. It is a formal closure indicating the completion of that chapter’s discourse.