Shloka 55

भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च

Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि पार्थापयाने पञडचपज्चाशत्तमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi pārthāpayāne pañcapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon nagtatapos ang ikalimampu’t limang kabanata sa Karṇa Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, sa bahaging tumatalakay sa pagsulong ng mga Pārtha (mga anak ni Pṛthā).

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

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

• पार्थापयाने: in the (section called) Parthapayana
• पार्थापयाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थापयान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चपञ्चाशत् + तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

(युधिष्टिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Karṇa Parva
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; its ethical function is indirect—by formally framing the narrative, it emphasizes disciplined transmission of the war-account and the continuity of the epic’s moral inquiry rather than presenting a standalone doctrinal teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not a spoken verse of dialogue but an editorial/recensional closing formula: it announces that the chapter has concluded within the Karṇa Parva, specifically in the subsection describing the Pārthas’ advance.