Kṛpa’s Archery Display; Śikhaṇḍin Checked; Suketu Slain; Dhṛṣṭadyumna–Kṛtavarmā Clash (कृपशौर्य–पार्षतहार्दिक्ययुद्धम्)
इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि कर्णशल्याधिक्षेपे एकोनचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi karṇaśalyādhikṣepe ekonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the thirty-ninth chapter in the Karṇa Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the section concerning Karṇa’s reproachful exchange with Śalya. The colophon marks the close of a narrative unit in which harsh speech and wounded pride unfold amid the moral strain of war.
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