Shloka 141
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि कर्णोपनिवादे एकचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi karṇopanivāde ekacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಪರ್ವದ ಭಗವದ್ಯಾನಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ಣೋಪನಿವಾದ ಪ್ರಸಂಗದ ನೂರ ನಲವತ್ತೊಂದನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse itself teaches indirectly: it frames Karṇa’s speech as a formal ‘rebuttal’ within a diplomatic crisis. The ethical tension highlighted by this framing is between personal loyalty and honor on one side, and broader claims of righteousness and reconciliation on the other—an emblematic Mahābhārata conflict where dharma is contested rather than simple.
This line closes a chapter in the Udyoga Parva, specifically in the Bhagavad-yāna section (the Lord’s embassy). It signals that the preceding content belonged to the episode of Karṇa’s response/counter-argument, situated amid negotiations and escalating preparations for the Kurukṣetra war.