अध्याय ७१ — द्रोणव्यूहरक्षा तथा समकालीन द्वन्द्वयुद्धानि
Protection of Droṇa’s formation and parallel duels
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमनन््युवधपर्वमें षोडशराजकीयो- पाख्यानविषयक सत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi ṣoḍaśarājakīyopākhyānaviṣayakaḥ saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the seventieth chapter of the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Droṇa Parva, within the Abhimanyu-vadha section, dealing with the episode concerning the sixteen kings. The colophon signals the close of this narrative unit, marking a transition in the war-chronicle where the consequences of Abhimanyu’s death and the surrounding accounts are formally concluded for this chapter.
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