Shloka 241
Ritual Acclamation at Hastināpura and Karṇa’s Vow Concerning Arjuna (राजकीय स्तुति-प्रसङ्गः कर्णप्रतिज्ञा च)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत घोषयात्रापर्वमें कर्णपराजयविषयक दो सौ इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Vanaparvake antargataṃ Ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi Karṇaparājayaviṣayaka dviśata-eka-catvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Sa gayon nagwakas ang ika-241 kabanata, hinggil sa pangyayaring pagkatalo ni Karṇa, sa bahaging Ghoṣayātrā na nasa loob ng Vana Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata. Itinatakda ng pangwakas na pahayag ang pagsasara ng yunit na ito ng salaysay—kung saan ang kayabangan at pagsalakay ay sumasalubong sa pagbaligtad—at muling pinagtitibay ang arko ng moral na bunga at kapalit.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily signals completion, but it also frames the preceding episode as morally intelligible: actions driven by arrogance and hostility culminate in reversal, reinforcing the epic’s emphasis on accountability and the ethical logic of consequences.
The narrator (Vaiśaṃpāyana) closes the chapter, identifying it as the 241st chapter of the Karṇa’s defeat subject-matter within the Ghoṣayātrā section of the Vana Parva, indicating a formal end to this chapter-unit in the Gītā Press edition’s structuring.