Shloka 52

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे द्विपञ्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe dvi-pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《神圣摩诃婆罗多》迦尔那篇（Karṇa Parva）中题为“混乱之战（喧腾之战）”的第五十二章结束。

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्णपर्वणि: in the Karṇa-parvan (Book of Karṇa)
• कर्णपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• द्विपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Karṇa Parva
• Saṅkula-yuddha (tumultuous battle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse. Its value is structural and ethical-historiographical: it frames the war narrative as a carefully preserved record, reminding the reader that the epic’s depiction of conflict is organized into accountable units—inviting reflection on how chaos in war (“saṅkula”) is still narrated with order and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it announces that the fifty-second chapter, themed around a tumultuous or entangled battle, has ended within the Karṇa Parva. It functions as a formal closure before the narration proceeds to the next chapter’s events.