Shloka 54
अध्याय ५३ — रणमेघोपमा सेना-वर्णना तथा सुषेण-वधोत्तर प्रतिक्रिया
Battle-as-Storm Imagery and the Aftermath of Suṣeṇa’s Fall
इति श्रीमहा भारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे चतुष्पठ्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe catuṣpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
« Iti » : Ainsi s’achève le cinquante-quatrième chapitre, intitulé « La bataille confuse et mêlée », dans le Karṇa Parva du vénérable Mahābhārata. Le récit de Sañjaya clôt formellement cette section de la chronique guerrière, soulignant l’inextricable continuité du combat et la manière sobre dont l’épopée inscrit la violence dans l’horizon plus vaste du dharma.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This is a colophon (chapter-ending formula), not a doctrinal verse. Its ethical force is indirect: it frames the war narrative as a grave, structured account within the Mahābhārata’s dharma-discourse, reminding the reader that even chaotic violence is being recorded and judged within a moral and historical memory.
The text signals the close of a chapter in the Karṇa Parva, specifically the fifty-fourth chapter themed around ‘saṅkula-yuddha’—a confused, intermingled battle. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker concluding the section Sanjaya has been recounting.