Shloka 47

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे सप्तचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe saptacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के कर्णपर्व में संकुल-युद्धविषयक सैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्णपर्वणि: in the Karna-parvan
• कर्णपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संकुलयुद्धे: in the confused/chaotic battle
• संकुलयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकुलयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तचत्वारिंशः: forty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तचत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Karṇa Parva
• Saṅkulayuddha (entangled/confused battle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; its ethical force is contextual: it highlights that the war has entered a phase of saṅkula—confusion and entanglement—where discernment of dharma becomes harder, and the consequences of choices made amid chaos intensify.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya’s report reaches a chapter boundary. The text formally closes the section describing the saṅkulayuddha within the Karṇa Parva, signaling the end of one narrated episode of the battle before the next chapter begins.