Shloka 140
कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः (Karṇa–Kṛṣṇa-saṃvādaḥ) — Karṇa’s Statement on Lineage, Loyalty, and the ‘Śastra-yajña’ Metaphor
इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि श्रीकृष्णवाक्ये चत्वारिंशदाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇavākye catvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના ઉદ્યોગપર્વના અંતર્ગત ભગવદ્યાનપર્વમાં શ્રીકૃષ્ણવાક્યવિષયક એકસો ચાલીસમો અધ્યાય પૂર્ણ થયો.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it highlights that the chapter’s ethical center is Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s speech in the context of a peace mission, underscoring dharma-guided diplomacy before war.
The text signals the formal end of a chapter in the Udyoga Parva, within the Bhagavad-yāna (Kṛṣṇa’s embassy) section, identifying the chapter as focused on Kṛṣṇa’s words and closing the unit of narration.