Shloka 39

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि दु:ःशासनयुद्धे एकोनचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi duḥśāsanayuddhe ekonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the thirty-ninth chapter in the Droṇa Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section on the slaying of Abhimanyu, specifically the episode describing the battle involving Duḥśāsana.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

अभिमन्युवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Abhimanyu

दुःशासनयुद्धेin the battle with Duhshasana

एकोनचत्वारिंशःthirty-ninth (one less than forty)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śrī Mahābhārata

Droṇa

Abhimanyu

Duḥśāsana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; instead it frames the ethical reading of events by naming the section as Abhimanyu’s slaying and linking it to further combat. The structure itself invites reflection on how one act of violence and injustice in war propagates further retaliation and moral decline.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is the chapter-ending colophon: it announces that the thirty-ninth chapter of the Droṇa Parva has concluded, within the Abhimanyu-vadha section, and that the chapter’s focus is the battle involving Duḥśāsana, as reported by Sañjaya.