Shloka 66

पाण्डवपरिचयः—विराटसभायां प्रकाशनम्

Identification of the Pāṇḍavas in Virāṭa’s Court

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते विराटपर्वणि गोहरणपर्वणि समस्तकौरवपलायने षट्षष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvaṇi goharaṇaparvaṇi samastakauravapalāyane ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతం విరాటపర్వంలోని గోహరణపర్వంలో ‘సమస్త కౌరవుల పారిపోవుట’ను వర్ణించే అరవై ఆరవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

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

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

• विराटपर्वणि: in the Virata Parva
• विराटपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराटपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोहरणपर्वणि: in the (sub-)section called the Cattle-Raid episode
• गोहरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोहरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• समस्तकौरवपलायने: in (the topic of) the complete flight of the Kauravas
• समस्तकौरवपलायने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समस्तकौरवपलायन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्षष्टितमः: sixty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्षष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Virāṭa Parva
• Goharaṇa Parva
• Kauravas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but by framing the episode’s moral outcome: an unjust act (the cattle-raid) ends in loss of honor and forced retreat, reinforcing that adharma-driven aggression brings downfall rather than lasting gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon stating that the sixty-sixth chapter concludes in the Virāṭa Parva, within the cattle-raid section, specifically the account of the Kauravas’ complete flight/retreat after the confrontation.