Shloka 61
Kuru-Sainika-Āśvāsana and Vijayaghoṣaṇa
Reassuring the Kuru Soldiers; Proclaiming Victory
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत योहरणपर्वमें अजुनदुःशासन आदिके युद्धरे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata-yo-haraṇaparvaṇi arjuna-duḥśāsanādike yuddha-sambandhaṃ rakhanevālā ekasaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ വിരാടപർവ്വാന്തർഗതമായ ഗോഹരണപർവ്വത്തിൽ അർജുനൻ–ദുഃശാസനൻ മുതലായവരുടെ യുദ്ധവൃത്താന്തവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട അറുപത്തൊന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon (chapter-ending notice), not a doctrinal instruction. Its ethical function is contextual: it frames the narrated combat as part of the escalating adharma-driven rivalry, reminding the reader that episodes of violence are embedded within a larger moral history and textual structure.
The narrator signals the completion of the sixty-first chapter of the Yo-haraṇa section within the Virāṭa Parva, indicating that the preceding narration concerned a battle involving Arjuna and Duḥśāsana (and others). It serves as a formal closure before the text proceeds to the next chapter.