Shloka 36

Adhyāya 35 — Bhīmasena’s Counter-Encirclement and the Karṇa Engagement Escalation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि शल्यसंवादे षट्त्रिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi śalya-saṃvāde ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir bab ketiga puluh enam dalam Karṇa Parva, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, dalam rangka dialog dengan Śalya, sebagaimana dituturkan oleh Sañjaya.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahābhārata

कर्णपर्वणिin the Karṇa-parvan (Book of Karṇa)

शल्यसंवादेin the dialogue with Śalya / the Śalya-conversation section

षट्त्रिंशःthirty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Karṇa Parva

Śalya

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 teaches framing rather than a new doctrine: it signals that the preceding counsel and war narrative are to be received as an authoritative, structured transmission (śruti-like in form), emphasizing accountability of speech, the gravity of counsel in war, and the ethical weight of recorded history.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya closes the chapter by formally stating its placement: within the Mahābhārata, in the Karṇa Parva, specifically in the section describing the dialogue involving Śalya. It functions as an editorial marker ending the chapter.