Shloka 66

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोहदरणपर्वमें समस्त कौरवोंके पलायनसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Virāṭaparvaṇi antar-gate Goharaṇaparvaṇi samasta-Kauravāṇāṁ palāyanena sambandha-rakhanevālā ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் விராடபர்வத்தில், கோஹரணப் பிரசங்கத்தில், எல்லாக் கௌரவர்களின் ஓட்டம் பற்றிய அறுபத்தாறாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीrevered/holy (honorific)

महाभारतMahabharata

विराटपर्वin the Virata Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

गोहदरणपर्वin the Goharaṇa-parva (cattle-raid section)

समस्तall/entire

कौरवof the Kauravas

पलायनby/with the flight

सम्बन्धconnection/relation

रखनेवालाhaving/keeping (connected with)

षट्six

षष्टितमsixty-sixth

अध्यायchapter

पूराcomplete

हुआwas/has become

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Virāṭa Parva

Goharaṇa-parvan

Kauravas

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?

The chapter-colophon highlights a moral arc: unjust aggression (here, the cattle-raid) culminates in humiliation and retreat. It implies that adharma-driven pride is unstable, while disciplined resolve aligned with dharma can overturn apparent power.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon stating that the sixty-sixth chapter of the Virāṭa Parva’s cattle-raid episode has ended, and its main subject was the flight of the Kauravas.