Shloka 142
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४१: कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः, उत्पात-स्वप्न-लक्षणानि
Karna–Krishna Dialogue: Omens and Dream-Signs
दुर्योधनके वशमें रहनेवाले जितने राजा और राजकुमार हैं, वे शस्त्रोंद्वारा मृत्युको प्राप्त होकर उत्तम गति लाभ करेंगे ।।
duryodhanake vaśaṃ meṃ rahanevāle jitane rājā aura rājakuṃvara haiṃ, ve śastroṃdvārā mṛtyuko prāpta hokara uttama gati lābha kareṃge || iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi karṇopanivāde bhagavaddhākye dvicatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
桑阇耶说道：“凡仍在杜律约陀那控制之下的诸王与王子，皆将死于兵刃；而由此死亡，他们将得更高的归趣。”至此，《摩诃婆罗多》乌迪约伽篇之“薄伽梵行使”一节中，在迦尔那陈述其意向的语境里，关于“主之言”的第一百四十二章终了。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the tragic consequence of wrongful political allegiance: those bound to Duryodhana’s domination will fall in armed conflict, yet their death in the great war is presented as leading to an elevated posthumous state—highlighting the Mahabharata’s tension between moral error in life and the complex, sometimes redemptive, outcomes of destiny and karma.
Sanjaya reports a concluding pronouncement within the Bhagavad-yana (Krishna’s peace mission) context, tied to Karna’s declaration of intent. It functions as a closing summary: the allied kings and princes under Duryodhana are foretold to die by weapons and attain a higher destiny, and the chapter colophon marks the end of the adhyaya.