Shloka 91

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत कर्णपर्वमें कर्णवधविषयक इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

isa prakāra śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvameṃ karṇavadhaviṣayaka ikyānabevāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత కర్ణపర్వమున కర్ణవధవిషయక ఏకానవతితమోఽధ్యాయః సమాప్తః.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner, way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्णपर्वणि: in the Karna Parva
• कर्णपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्णवधविषयकः: concerning the slaying of Karna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्णवधविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकनवतितमः: ninety-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकनवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed, concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Mahabharata
• Karna Parva
• Karna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-ending colophon, the line does not teach through a direct maxim; it signals completion of a section centered on Karna’s slaying, implicitly highlighting how dharma, loyalty, and prior actions converge in war to produce decisive, morally weighty outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya marks the conclusion of the ninety-first chapter in the Karna Parva, identifying its subject as Karna’s death; it functions as an editorial/narrative closure rather than a spoken verse advancing the plot.