Shloka 72

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि कृष्णार्जुनसंवादे द्विसप्ततितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi kṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde dvisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ઇતિ શ્રીમહાભારતના કર્ણપર્વમાં કૃષ્ણ-અર્જુન સંવાદનો બાહોતેરમો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત।

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• śrīmahābhārate: in the venerable Mahābhārata
• śrīmahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīmahābhārata
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• karṇaparvaṇi: in the Karṇa-parvan (Book of Karṇa)
• karṇaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇaparvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• kṛṣṇārjuna: of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + arjuna
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual (as first member of a compound)

• saṃvāde: in the dialogue
• saṃvāde: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvāda
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• dvisaptatitamaḥ: the seventy-second
• dvisaptatitamaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi + saptati + tama
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Karṇa Parva
• Kṛṣṇa
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to frame the text, indicating that the preceding material belongs to the Karṇa Parva and is presented as part of the Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna dialogue, reminding the reader that ethical counsel and discernment accompany the war narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes here: the text signals the end of the seventy-second adhyāya within the Karṇa Parva, specifically within the section styled as the conversation between Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna.