Shloka 52
कृष्णेन अर्जुनस्य प्रोत्साहनम् — Kṛṣṇa’s Exhortation to Arjuna
Prelude to Karṇa’s Slaying
इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे द्विपञ्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe dvi-pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతము కర్ణపర్వములో ‘సంకులయుద్ధము’ అను ద్విపంచాశత్తమ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse. Its value is structural and ethical-historiographical: it frames the war narrative as a carefully preserved record, reminding the reader that the epic’s depiction of conflict is organized into accountable units—inviting reflection on how chaos in war (“saṅkula”) is still narrated with order and responsibility.
The text is concluding a chapter: it announces that the fifty-second chapter, themed around a tumultuous or entangled battle, has ended within the Karṇa Parva. It functions as a formal closure before the narration proceeds to the next chapter’s events.