Shloka 54

अध्याय ५३ — रणमेघोपमा सेना-वर्णना तथा सुषेण-वधोत्तर प्रतिक्रिया

Battle-as-Storm Imagery and the Aftermath of Suṣeṇa’s Fall

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे चतुष्पठ्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe catuṣpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇതി ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ കർണപർവത്തിൽ ‘സംകുലയുദ്ധം’ എന്ന അമ്പത്തിനാലാം അധ്യായം.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्णपर्वणि: in the Karṇa-parvan (Book of Karṇa)
• कर्णपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संकुलयुद्धे: in the confused/chaotic battle
• संकुलयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकुलयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुष्पञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुष्पञ्चाशत् + तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Karṇa Parva
• Saṅkula-yuddha (the ‘confused battle’ section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon (chapter-ending formula), not a doctrinal verse. Its ethical force is indirect: it frames the war narrative as a grave, structured account within the Mahābhārata’s dharma-discourse, reminding the reader that even chaotic violence is being recorded and judged within a moral and historical memory.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the close of a chapter in the Karṇa Parva, specifically the fifty-fourth chapter themed around ‘saṅkula-yuddha’—a confused, intermingled battle. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker concluding the section Sanjaya has been recounting.