Shloka 145
कुन्ती–कर्णसंवादः
Kuntī–Karṇa Dialogue: Loyalty, Fate, and Constrained Assurance
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि कुन्तीकर्णसमागमे पज्चचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi kuntīkarṇasamāgame pañcacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि कुन्तीकर्णसमागमे पञ्चचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः॥
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line does not teach through argument but through framing: it marks the Kuntī–Karṇa encounter as an ethical hinge-point before war, highlighting how dharma is tested when loyalty, birth, gratitude, and public duty collide.
This is the chapter-ending colophon identifying the setting: in Udyoga Parva, within the embassy-related section, the narrative has reached (and here concludes) the episode of Kuntī’s meeting with Karṇa—an attempt to address kinship and avert or reshape the coming conflict.