Shloka 63
Droṇa’s Cakra-Śakaṭa Vyūha and the Protection of Jayadratha (द्रोणकृतः चक्रशकटव्यूहः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि षोडशराजकीये त्रिषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमनन््युवधपर्वमें षोडशराजकीयोपाख्यानविषयक तिरसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi ṣoḍaśarājakīye triṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ দ্ৰোণপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত অভিমন্যুবধপৰ্বত ‘ষোড়শৰাজকীয়’ উপাখ্যান-বিষয়ক তেষট্টিতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse chiefly teaches attentiveness to textual framing: the Mahābhārata preserves war-events as moral history by organizing them into named episodes and chapters, signaling that remembrance and interpretation (dharma-reflection) are integral to the narrative.
This line does not advance the plot; it formally closes Adhyāya 63 of the Droṇa Parva, within the Abhimanyu-slaying section, identifying the completed episode as the ‘Ṣoḍaśarājakīya’ (Sixteen Kings) upākhyāna.