Shloka 54
Subhadrā-vilāpaḥ — Subhadrā’s Lament for Abhimanyu
Droṇa-parva 55
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमन्युवधपर्वमें यृत्युप्रजापतिसंवादाविषयक चौवनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Droṇaparvake antargata Abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi Mṛtyu-Prajāpati-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ catuḥpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the Abhimanyu-vadha section—the fifty-fourth chapter, dealing with the dialogue between Death (Mṛtyu) and Prajāpati, comes to its close. The colophon marks a pause in the war narrative to frame its violence within a moral and cosmic order, reminding the listener that even battlefield death is contemplated through dharma and the governance of life and mortality.
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