Shloka 141
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि कर्णोपनिवादे एकचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi karṇopanivāde ekacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon nagtatapos ang ika-141 na kabanata sa Udyoga Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, sa bahaging tumatalakay sa pagkapasugo ng Panginoon, sa yugto ng pagtutol ni Karṇa.
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse itself teaches indirectly: it frames Karṇa’s speech as a formal ‘rebuttal’ within a diplomatic crisis. The ethical tension highlighted by this framing is between personal loyalty and honor on one side, and broader claims of righteousness and reconciliation on the other—an emblematic Mahābhārata conflict where dharma is contested rather than simple.
This line closes a chapter in the Udyoga Parva, specifically in the Bhagavad-yāna section (the Lord’s embassy). It signals that the preceding content belonged to the episode of Karṇa’s response/counter-argument, situated amid negotiations and escalating preparations for the Kurukṣetra war.