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Shloka 62

Chapter 61: Karṇa’s martial assurances and Bhīṣma’s strategic rebuttal in the Kuru assembly

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि कर्णभीष्मवाक्ये द्विषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत उद्योगपवकेि अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें कर्ण और भीष्मके वचनविषयक बासठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi yānasaṃdhiparvaṇi karṇabhīṣmavākye dviṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ഉദ്യോഗപർവത്തിൽ, യാനസന്ധിപർവത്തിൽ, കർണ്ണ-ഭീഷ്മ വാക്യവിഷയമായ അറുപത്തിരണ്ടാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

यानसन्धिपर्वणिin the Yāna-sandhi-parvan (section on negotiation/mission)

कर्णभीष्मवाक्येin (the topic of) the words/speech of Karṇa and Bhīṣma

द्विषष्टितमःsixty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Yāna–Saṃdhi Parva

Karṇa

Bhīṣma

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not add new doctrine; it frames the preceding dialogue as morally weighty counsel in a time of political crisis. By naming the negotiation context and the speakers (Karṇa and Bhīṣma), it highlights the ethical pressure points before war—how duty, loyalty, and honor are debated when peace is still possible.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the conclusion of the sixty-second chapter in the Udyoga Parva’s Yāna–Saṃdhi section, specifically the portion focused on the exchange between Karṇa and Bhīṣma. It is a formal closing line indicating that this unit of discussion has ended.