Shloka 93

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत कर्णपर्वमें कौरवयेनाका पलायनविषयक तिरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Karṇaparvaṇi Kauravayenākā-palāyana-viṣayakaḥ trinavaty-adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

三阇耶说道：如是，在神圣的《摩诃婆罗多》之《迦尔那篇》中，关于俱卢军溃逃的第九十四章至此终了。此结语凸显战场的道德分量：当决心崩解、恐惧压倒纪律之时，即便强盛之师亦将转身退却；而当达摩与统御失其所依，权势之脆弱便昭然若揭。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

कर्णपर्वणिin the Karna Parva

कौरवसेनायाःof the Kaurava army

पलायनविषयकःconcerning the flight/retreat

त्रिनवतितमःninety-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Karṇa Parva

Kaurava army

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the verse highlights a recurring ethical insight of the Mahābhārata: military strength is unstable when courage, discipline, and righteous leadership break down; retreat becomes a visible sign of inner collapse and moral disarray in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya marks the conclusion of the chapter in the Karṇa Parva, stating that the chapter’s subject was the Kaurava army’s flight/retreat, and formally closes the ninety-fourth adhyāya.