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Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 61

Adhyāya 61: Saṃmohana-astra and the Kuru Withdrawal (संमोहनास्त्रं तथा कुरुनिवृत्तिः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते विराटपर्वणि गोहरणपर्वणि अर्जुनदु:ःशासनादियुद्धे एकषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvaṇi goharaṇaparvaṇi arjunaduḥśāsanādiyuddhe ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo sexagésimo primero del Virāṭa Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, en la sección Go-haraṇa, que describe la batalla de Arjuna contra Duḥśāsana y otros guerreros kauravas.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

विराटपर्वणिin the Virata Parva

गोहरणपर्वणिin the (sub-)episode called the Cattle-Raid Parva

अर्जुनदुःशासनादियुद्धेin the battle (involving) Arjuna and Duhshasana etc.

एकषष्टितमःthe sixty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Virāṭa Parva

Goharaṇa Parva (cattle-raid episode)

Arjuna

Duḥśāsana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode ethically by closing a chapter centered on aggression (a cattle-raid) answered by rightful resistance. It underscores how adharma-driven acts invite confrontation and public exposure, while disciplined valor serves the protection of what is rightfully held.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon: it announces that the sixty-first chapter of the Virāṭa Parva has concluded, specifically the portion dealing with the cattle-raid (Goharaṇa) and the battle in which Arjuna fights Duḥśāsana and other Kaurava warriors.