Shloka 71
Devanagari script
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत कर्णपर्वमें अर्जुनका प्रतिज्ञाविषयक एक सौ इकद्वत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Transliteration
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi arjunasya pratijñā-viṣayaka ekaśata-ikāsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Translation
इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि अर्जुनप्रतिज्ञाविषयको एकशतैकसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।
Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
प्रकारेणin this manner
प्रकारेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकार
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata
श्रीमहाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाभारत
Formneuter, locative, singular
कर्णपर्वणिin the Karna Parva
कर्णपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्णपर्व
Formneuter, locative, singular
अर्जुनस्यof Arjuna
अर्जुनस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुन
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
प्रतिज्ञाविषयकःconcerning the vow
प्रतिज्ञाविषयकः:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतिज्ञा-विषयक
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
एकशतैकसप्ततितमःthe 171st
एकशतैकसप्ततितमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक-शत-एक-सप्तति-तम
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
पूर्णःcompleted
पूर्णः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्ण
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अभवत्was / became
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formaorist (luṅ), third, singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SanjayaM
MahabharataK
Karna ParvaA
ArjunaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The closing colophon highlights the ethical weight of a pratijñā (vow): in epic warfare, a hero’s promise is treated not merely as strategy but as a binding moral commitment that shapes action and accountability.
This line is a formal end-of-chapter colophon: Sanjaya signals that the chapter in Karna Parva dealing with Arjuna’s vow has concluded.