Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 61

Adhyāya 61: Saṃmohana-astra and the Kuru Withdrawal (संमोहनास्त्रं तथा कुरुनिवृत्तिः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते विराटपर्वणि गोहरणपर्वणि अर्जुनदु:ःशासनादियुद्धे एकषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvaṇi goharaṇaparvaṇi arjunaduḥśāsanādiyuddhe ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یہ شری مہابھارت کے وِراٹ پَرو میں، گوہرن پَرو کے تحت، ارجن اور دُہشاسن وغیرہ کے ساتھ جنگ کے بیان پر مشتمل اکسٹھواں ادھیائے ہے۔

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

• विराटपर्वणि: in the Virata Parva
• विराटपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराटपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोहरणपर्वणि: in the (sub-)episode called the Cattle-Raid Parva
• गोहरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोहरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अर्जुनदुःशासनादियुद्धे: in the battle (involving) Arjuna and Duhshasana etc.
• अर्जुनदुःशासनादियुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन-दुःशासन-आदि-युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकषष्टितमः: the sixty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Virāṭa Parva
• Goharaṇa Parva (cattle-raid episode)
• Arjuna
• Duḥśāsana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode ethically by closing a chapter centered on aggression (a cattle-raid) answered by rightful resistance. It underscores how adharma-driven acts invite confrontation and public exposure, while disciplined valor serves the protection of what is rightfully held.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon: it announces that the sixty-first chapter of the Virāṭa Parva has concluded, specifically the portion dealing with the cattle-raid (Goharaṇa) and the battle in which Arjuna fights Duḥśāsana and other Kaurava warriors.