Shloka 142
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४१: कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः, उत्पात-स्वप्न-लक्षणानि
Karna–Krishna Dialogue: Omens and Dream-Signs
दुर्योधनके वशमें रहनेवाले जितने राजा और राजकुमार हैं, वे शस्त्रोंद्वारा मृत्युको प्राप्त होकर उत्तम गति लाभ करेंगे ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि कर्णोपनिवादे भगवद्धाक्ये द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत भगवद्यानपर्वमें कर्णके द्वारा अपने अभिप्रायनिवेदनके प्रसंगरें भगवद्वाक्यविषयक एक सौ बयालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
duryodhanake vaśaṃ meṃ rahanevāle jitane rājā aura rājakuṃvara haiṃ, ve śastroṃdvārā mṛtyuko prāpta hokara uttama gati lābha kareṃge || iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi karṇopanivāde bhagavaddhākye dvicatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
ଦୁର୍ଯ୍ୟୋଧନଙ୍କ ବଶରେ ଥିବା ସମସ୍ତ ରାଜା ଓ ରାଜକୁମାର ଶସ୍ତ୍ରଦ୍ୱାରା ମୃତ୍ୟୁ ପାଇ ଉତ୍ତମ ଗତି ଲାଭ କରିବେ। ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତ ଉଦ୍ୟୋଗପର୍ବର ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଭଗବଦ୍ୟାନପର୍ବରେ କର୍ଣ୍ଣଙ୍କ ଅଭିପ୍ରାୟ-ନିବେଦନ ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗରେ ଭଗବଦ୍ବାକ୍ୟ ବିଷୟକ ଏକଶେ ବୟାଳିଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the tragic consequence of wrongful political allegiance: those bound to Duryodhana’s domination will fall in armed conflict, yet their death in the great war is presented as leading to an elevated posthumous state—highlighting the Mahabharata’s tension between moral error in life and the complex, sometimes redemptive, outcomes of destiny and karma.
Sanjaya reports a concluding pronouncement within the Bhagavad-yana (Krishna’s peace mission) context, tied to Karna’s declaration of intent. It functions as a closing summary: the allied kings and princes under Duryodhana are foretold to die by weapons and attain a higher destiny, and the chapter colophon marks the end of the adhyaya.