Shloka 241
Ritual Acclamation at Hastināpura and Karṇa’s Vow Concerning Arjuna (राजकीय स्तुति-प्रसङ्गः कर्णप्रतिज्ञा च)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत घोषयात्रापर्वमें कर्णपराजयविषयक दो सौ इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvake antargataṃ Ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi Karṇaparājayaviṣayaka dviśata-eka-catvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Así concluye el capítulo ducentésimo cuadragésimo primero, relativo al episodio de la derrota de Karṇa, dentro de la sección de la Ghoṣayātrā en el Vana Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata. El colofón señala el cierre de esta unidad, indicando un movimiento narrativo consumado en el que el orgullo y la agresión hallan su revés, y se reafirma el arco moral de la consecuencia.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily signals completion, but it also frames the preceding episode as morally intelligible: actions driven by arrogance and hostility culminate in reversal, reinforcing the epic’s emphasis on accountability and the ethical logic of consequences.
The narrator (Vaiśaṃpāyana) closes the chapter, identifying it as the 241st chapter of the Karṇa’s defeat subject-matter within the Ghoṣayātrā section of the Vana Parva, indicating a formal end to this chapter-unit in the Gītā Press edition’s structuring.