Shloka 48
अर्जुन-कर्ण-सङ्ग्रामः
Arjuna–Karna Engagement in the Cattle-Raid Aftermath
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोहरणपर्वमें उत्तरगोग्रहके समय कर्णके आत्मप्रशंसापूर्ण वचनसम्बन्धी अड़तालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata-goharaṇaparvaṇi uttaragograha-samaye karṇasya ātmapraśaṁsā-pūrṇa-vacana-sambandhī aṣṭacatvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Assim termina o quadragésimo oitavo capítulo da seção Goharaṇa, dentro do Virāṭa Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, acerca do discurso autoelogioso de Karṇa proferido no momento da captura do gado do norte. O colofão final enquadra o episódio como um instante de retórica marcial jactanciosa, destacando como o orgulho e a rivalidade moldam a conduta na véspera do conflito.
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon signals that the chapter’s focus is Karṇa’s boastful self-praise during a martial episode, implicitly contrasting valor with the ethical danger of pride (ahaṅkāra) and competitive speech that inflames conflict.
This is an end-of-chapter notice stating that the forty-eighth chapter—about Karṇa’s self-laudatory words spoken during the northern cattle-seizure in the Goharaṇa section of the Virāṭa Parva—has concluded.