Shloka 43

कृपकर्णसंवादः

Kṛpa’s Counsel to Karṇa on Deśa-Kāla and Coordinated Strategy

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोहरणपर्वमें उत्तरयोग्रहके अवसरपर आयुधवर्णनविषयक तैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata-goharaṇaparvaṇi uttarayogrāhake avasare āyudhavarṇana-viṣayakaḥ trayastriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత విరాటపర్వంలో గోహరణపర్వాంతర్గతంగా, ఉత్తరుని యోగగ్రహణ (రథారూఢుడై కర్తవ్యాన్ని స్వీకరించడం) సందర్భంలో, ఆయుధవర్ణన విషయక నలభైమూడవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

विराटपर्वकेof/within the Virata Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

गोहरणपर्वणिin the 'Cattle-Raid' sub-parva

उत्तरयोग्रहस्यof the occasion of Uttara's yoking (of the chariot)

अवसरेon the occasion

आयुधवर्णनविषयकःhaving the topic of weapon-description

त्रिचत्वारिंशत्तमःforty-third

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete/fulfilled

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

उत्तर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Virāṭa Parva

Goharaṇa Parva (Cattle-Raid episode)

Uttara

Āyudha (weapons)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights a shift from uncertainty to duty: when a task tied to protection and honor arises, one must assume responsibility with proper preparation—here symbolized by the formal presentation and understanding of weapons.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon stating that the chapter—set during the Goharaṇa (cattle-raid) context in the Virāṭa Parva—has finished, and that its subject matter was the description of weapons connected with Uttara’s taking up the chariot-duty/undertaking.