Shloka 81

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे एकाशीतितमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے کرن پرب کے ‘سَنکُل یُدھ’ کے بیان میں اکیاسیواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

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

• संकुलयुद्धे: in the confused/entangled battle
• संकुलयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकुलयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकाशीतितमः: the eighty-first
• एकाशीतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Karṇa Parva
• Saṅkula-yuddha (the confused/entangled battle section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through instruction but through framing: it highlights that the war has become 'saṅkula'—confused and entangled—suggesting an ethical atmosphere where clarity of dharma is hard to maintain and where actions must be judged amid disorder and escalating violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya signals the formal conclusion of the eighty-first chapter of the Karṇa Parva, specifically within the portion describing the chaotic battle. It functions as a textual boundary rather than a spoken line advancing events.