Shloka 50
जयद्रथवध-प्रतिज्ञा
Arjuna’s Vow to Neutralize Jayadratha
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमन्युवधपर्वरमें तीसरे दिनके युद्धें सेनाके शिविरमें प्रस्थान करते समय समरभूमिका वर्णनविषयक पचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Droṇaparvake antargata Abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi tṛtīyadine yuddhe senāśiviraṃ prati prasthānakāle samarabhūmivarṇanaviṣayakaḥ pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Sañjaya said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Abhimanyu—the fiftieth chapter has concluded. It described the battlefield as the army set out toward its camp on the third day of the war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon-style concluding line, it does not teach a doctrine directly; its ethical force is contextual: it highlights how war proceeds day after day with organized inevitability—armies depart, camps receive them, and the battlefield is repeatedly revisited—inviting reflection on the human cost and the dharmic tension between duty, strategy, and compassion.
Sañjaya marks the end of the fiftieth chapter within Droṇa Parva, in the Abhimanyu-slaying section. The chapter’s subject is the description of the battlefield as the forces move toward their camp on the third day of fighting, serving as a transition and closure before the narrative continues.