Shloka 44

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 45: Saubhadra–Lakṣmaṇa-saṃyoga and Kaurava Counter-Encirclement

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिगनन्‍्युवधपर्वमें आभिमन्युका पराक्रमविषयक चौवालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata droṇaparvake antargata abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi ābhimanyukā parākramaviṣayakaś catuścatvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the forty-fourth chapter, describing Abhimanyu’s valor, within the Abhimanyu-vadha section of the Droṇa Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Drona Parva
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि: in the Parva of Abhimanyu's slaying
• अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्युवधपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• आभिमन्युके: of Abhimanyu (patronymic/relating to Abhimanyu)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आभिमन्युक
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• पराक्रमविषयक: concerning valor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रमविषयक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्तमः: forty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• समाप्तः: completed; concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), third, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Mahabharata
• Drona Parva
• Abhimanyu
• Abhimanyu-vadha Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, it teaches indirectly: the epic memorializes righteous effort and courage (parākrama) within the larger frame of dharma, even when outcomes are tragic, reminding readers that deeds are judged within moral and narrative order.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal closing statement marking the completion of the forty-fourth chapter on Abhimanyu’s valor within the Abhimanyu-vadha section of the Droṇa Parva, spoken in the narration attributed to Sañjaya.