Shloka 34
उत्तरो बृहन्नडां सारथ्याय नियुङ्क्ते — Uttara Appoints Bṛhannadā as Charioteer
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोहरणपर्वमें दक्षिण दिशाकी ओरसे गौओके अपहरणके प्रसंगमें विराटके जयघोषसम्बन्धी चौंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata-goharaṇaparvaṇi dakṣiṇa-diśāyāḥ orasaḥ gāvo'pakaraṇasya prasange virāṭasya jayaghoṣa-sambandhī catuḥtriṁśattamo'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Demikianlah berakhir bab ketiga puluh empat dalam episod Goharaṇa yang terkandung dalam Virāṭa Parva bagi Śrī Mahābhārata, berkenaan peristiwa lembu-lembu dibawa lari dari arah selatan serta laungan pengisytiharan kemenangan Raja Virāṭa.
(वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but frames the episode ethically: cattle are a community’s wealth and a king’s responsibility to protect; public victory-claims (jayaghoṣa) must be weighed against the justice of the cause and the reality of events.
The text marks the completion of the thirty-fourth chapter of the Goharaṇa episode within the Virāṭa Parva, summarizing that it concerned the carrying off of cattle from the southern direction and matters connected with King Virāṭa’s victory proclamation.