Shloka 73
अध्याय ७१ — द्रोणव्यूहरक्षा तथा समकालीन द्वन्द्वयुद्धानि
Protection of Droṇa’s formation and parallel duels
इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि षोडशराजकीये एकसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi ṣoḍaśarājakīye ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Abhimanyu—ends the seventy-first chapter, belonging to the unit known as the “Sixteen Kings.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and locating it within the epic’s larger structure; its implicit lesson is textual: it frames the narrative of war and loss (Abhimanyu’s death) within an ordered, remembered tradition.
The verse does not narrate an event directly; it formally concludes the seventy-first chapter of Droṇa Parva, identifying it as part of the Abhimanyu-slaying section and the unit termed “Sixteen Kings.”