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

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் கர்ணபர்வத்தில் அர்ஜுனனின் பிரதிஞ்ஞை-விஷயமான நூற்று எழுபத்தொன்றாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• कर्णपर्वणि: in the Karna Parva
• कर्णपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपर्व
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अर्जुनस्य: of Arjuna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• प्रतिज्ञाविषयकः: concerning the vow
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा-विषयक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• एकशतैकसप्ततितमः: the 171st
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक-शत-एक-सप्तति-तम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पूर्णः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवत्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: aorist (luṅ), third, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Mahabharata
• Karna Parva
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal end-of-chapter colophon: Sanjaya signals that the chapter in Karna Parva dealing with Arjuna’s vow has concluded.