Shloka 37

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत कर्णपर्वमें कर्ण और शल्यका संवादविषयक सैंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi karṇa-śalya-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ saptatriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—இவ்வாறு திரு மகாபாரதத்தின் கர்ணபர்வத்தில் கர்ணன் மற்றும் சல்யன் உரையாடல் பற்றிய முப்பத்தேழாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीrevered/auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

कर्णपर्वणिin the Karna Parva

कर्णof Karna

शल्ययोःof (Karna and) Shalya / of Shalya (dual context)

संवादof the dialogue

विषयकconcerning/pertaining to

सप्तत्रिंशत्तमःthirty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/finished

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Karṇa

Śalya

Karṇa Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it marks closure and emphasizes that the preceding section is a focused dialogue (saṃvāda) between Karṇa and Śalya, highlighting the epic’s method of conveying ethical and strategic tensions through conversation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya concludes the thirty-seventh chapter of the Karṇa Parva, indicating that the episode centered on the Karṇa–Śalya dialogue has ended and the narration will proceed to the next unit.