Shloka 39

Kṛpa’s Archery Display; Śikhaṇḍin Checked; Suketu Slain; Dhṛṣṭadyumna–Kṛtavarmā Clash (कृपशौर्य–पार्षतहार्दिक्ययुद्धम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि कर्णशल्याधिक्षेपे एकोनचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi karṇaśalyādhikṣepe ekonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత కర్ణపర్వములో కర్ణ-శల్య ఆక్షేప-ప్రత్యాక్షేప ప్రసంగమునకు చెందిన ముప్పై తొమ్మిదవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्णपर्वणि: in the Karṇa-parvan (Book of Karṇa)
• कर्णपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्णशल्याधिक्षेपे: in (the section on) the reproach/taunt of Karṇa and Śalya
• कर्णशल्याधिक्षेपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णशल्याधिक्षेप
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकोनचत्वारिंशः: thirty-ninth (one less than forty)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनचत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Karṇa
• Śalya
• Karṇa Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, restraint in speech is an ethical discipline: cutting words intensify enmity, cloud judgment, and weaken collective purpose. The colophon closes a unit that implicitly warns how pride and insult can become moral and strategic liabilities.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon: it signals the end of the thirty-ninth chapter within the Karṇa Parva, specifically the section dealing with Karṇa’s reproach/harsh exchange with Śalya, as reported by Sañjaya.