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Shloka 39

Kṛpa’s Archery Display; Śikhaṇḍin Checked; Suketu Slain; Dhṛṣṭadyumna–Kṛtavarmā Clash (कृपशौर्य–पार्षतहार्दिक्ययुद्धम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि कर्णशल्याधिक्षेपे एकोनचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi karṇaśalyādhikṣepe ekonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le trente-neuvième chapitre du Karṇa Parva du Śrī Mahābhārata, dans la section consacrée à l’échange de reproches entre Karṇa et Śalya. Ce colophon marque la clôture d’une unité narrative où, sous la contrainte morale de la guerre, se déploient paroles blessantes et orgueil meurtri.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

कर्णपर्वणिin the Karṇa-parvan (Book of Karṇa)

कर्णशल्याधिक्षेपेin (the section on) the reproach/taunt of Karṇa and Śalya

एकोनचत्वारिंशःthirty-ninth (one less than forty)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Karṇa

Śalya

Karṇa Parva

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?

Even in war, restraint in speech is an ethical discipline: cutting words intensify enmity, cloud judgment, and weaken collective purpose. The colophon closes a unit that implicitly warns how pride and insult can become moral and strategic liabilities.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon: it signals the end of the thirty-ninth chapter within the Karṇa Parva, specifically the section dealing with Karṇa’s reproach/harsh exchange with Śalya, as reported by Sañjaya.