Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 48
अर्जुन-कर्ण-सङ्ग्रामः
Arjuna–Karna Engagement in the Cattle-Raid Aftermath
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोहरणपर्वमें उत्तरगोग्रहके समय कर्णके आत्मप्रशंसापूर्ण वचनसम्बन्धी अड़तालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata-goharaṇaparvaṇi uttaragograha-samaye karṇasya ātmapraśaṁsā-pūrṇa-vacana-sambandhī aṣṭacatvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Ainsi s’achève le quarante-huitième chapitre de la section Goharaṇa, au sein du Virāṭa Parva du Śrī Mahābhārata, concernant les paroles d’autoglorification de Karṇa prononcées lors de la razzia des troupeaux du nord. Le colophon final présente l’épisode comme un moment de rhétorique guerrière fanfaronne, montrant comment l’orgueil et la rivalité façonnent les conduites à la veille de l’affrontement.
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon signals that the chapter’s focus is Karṇa’s boastful self-praise during a martial episode, implicitly contrasting valor with the ethical danger of pride (ahaṅkāra) and competitive speech that inflames conflict.
This is an end-of-chapter notice stating that the forty-eighth chapter—about Karṇa’s self-laudatory words spoken during the northern cattle-seizure in the Goharaṇa section of the Virāṭa Parva—has concluded.