Shloka 55

भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च

Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि पार्थापयाने पञडचपज्चाशत्तमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi pārthāpayāne pañcapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಕರ್ಣಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾರ್ಥರ (ಪೃಥಾಪುತ್ರರ) ಅಗ್ರಗಮನ-ಪ್ರಸಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಐವತ್ತೈದನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

कर्णपर्वणिin the Karna-parvan (Book of Karna)

पार्थापयानेin the (section called) Parthapayana

पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमःfifty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

(युधिष्टिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Karṇa Parva

Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; its ethical function is indirect—by formally framing the narrative, it emphasizes disciplined transmission of the war-account and the continuity of the epic’s moral inquiry rather than presenting a standalone doctrinal teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not a spoken verse of dialogue but an editorial/recensional closing formula: it announces that the chapter has concluded within the Karṇa Parva, specifically in the subsection describing the Pārthas’ advance.