Shloka 47
Karṇa-vadha-pratyaya: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Verification of Karṇa’s Fall (कर्णवध-प्रत्ययः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे सप्तचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe saptacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಕರ್ಣಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಕುಲ ಯುದ್ಧವಿಷಯಕ ನಲವತ್ತೇಳನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.