Shloka 61
Kuru-Sainika-Āśvāsana and Vijayaghoṣaṇa
Reassuring the Kuru Soldiers; Proclaiming Victory
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत योहरणपर्वमें अजुनदुःशासन आदिके युद्धरे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata-yo-haraṇaparvaṇi arjuna-duḥśāsanādike yuddha-sambandhaṃ rakhanevālā ekasaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the sixty-first chapter of the Yo-haraṇa section within the Virāṭa Parva of the revered Mahābhārata, connected with the battle involving Arjuna and Duḥśāsana and others. This closing note marks the completion of that unit of narration, framing the episode within the larger moral and political conflict that culminates in war.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon (chapter-ending notice), not a doctrinal instruction. Its ethical function is contextual: it frames the narrated combat as part of the escalating adharma-driven rivalry, reminding the reader that episodes of violence are embedded within a larger moral history and textual structure.
The narrator signals the completion of the sixty-first chapter of the Yo-haraṇa section within the Virāṭa Parva, indicating that the preceding narration concerned a battle involving Arjuna and Duḥśāsana (and others). It serves as a formal closure before the text proceeds to the next chapter.