Shloka 61
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत योहरणपर्वमें अजुनदुःशासन आदिके युद्धरे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata-yo-haraṇaparvaṇi arjuna-duḥśāsanādike yuddha-sambandhaṃ rakhanevālā ekasaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sa gayon nagwakas ang ika-animnapu’t isang kabanata ng bahaging Yo-haraṇa sa loob ng Virāṭa Parva ng iginagalang na Mahābhārata, na may kaugnayan sa labanan nina Arjuna, Duḥśāsana, at iba pa. Ang pangwakas na tala ay tanda ng pagtatapos ng yunit ng salaysay, at inilalagay ang pangyayaring ito sa mas malawak na tunggalian ng moralidad at pulitika na hahantong sa digmaan.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon (chapter-ending notice), not a doctrinal instruction. Its ethical function is contextual: it frames the narrated combat as part of the escalating adharma-driven rivalry, reminding the reader that episodes of violence are embedded within a larger moral history and textual structure.
The narrator signals the completion of the sixty-first chapter of the Yo-haraṇa section within the Virāṭa Parva, indicating that the preceding narration concerned a battle involving Arjuna and Duḥśāsana (and others). It serves as a formal closure before the text proceeds to the next chapter.