Shloka 61
गान्धारी-प्रशमनम् — Pacification of Gāndhārī and Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel at Hāstinapura
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शल्यपर्वके अन्तर्गत गदापरववमें श्रीकृष्ण पाण्डव और दुर्योधनका संवादविषयक इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śalyaparvake antargata-gadāparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇa-pāṇḍava-duryodhanayoḥ saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
サンジャヤは言った。かくして『聖マハーバーラタ』において、シャリヤ・パルヴァのうち—とりわけ棍棒決闘を扱うガダー・パルヴァにて—シュリー・クリシュナ、パーンダヴァ、そしてドゥルヨーダナの対話を主題とする第六十一章は終わった。この結語は戦の叙述における転換を示し、助言と道義の立脚が武の行いに伴うこと、そして迫り来る暴力がダルマとその帰結への熟慮によって枠づけられていることを強調する。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Though this line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse, it highlights a Mahābhārata pattern: decisive violence is framed by dialogue and counsel. Ethical meaning in the epic is carried not only by actions on the battlefield but also by how leaders justify, contest, and interpret those actions in speech.
This is the chapter-ending notice: it states that the sixty-first chapter in the Gadāparvan (within Śalya Parva) has concluded, and that its topic was the dialogue involving Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Pāṇḍavas, and Duryodhana—setting the stage for subsequent developments in the mace-duel narrative.