Shloka 59

युधिष्ठिरकृष्णसंवादः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Appeal and Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 59

Devanagari script

रा ' (80 05! | 99 “कक 3३ एए 277४ 8.4 जप तप इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि षोडशराजकीये एकोनषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमन्युवधपर्वमें षोडशराजकीयोपाख्यानविषयक उनसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi ṣoḍaśarājakīye ekonaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ | itiprakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-droṇaparvake antargata abhimanyuvadhaparvameṃ ṣoḍaśarājakīyopākhyāna-viṣayaka unasaṭhavāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le cinquante-neuvième chapitre du Droṇa Parva du Mahābhārata, dans la sous-section consacrée à la mise à mort d’Abhimanyu, plus précisément l’épisode des « Seize Rois ». De la sorte, le chapitre dédié au récit des Seize Rois est clos.

Word by Word

• {'iti': 'thus

• marking conclusion', 'śrīmahābhārate': 'in the venerable Mahābhārata (locative)', 'droṇaparvaṇi': 'in the Droṇa Parva (locative)', 'abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi': 'in the Abhimanyu-vadha sub-parva, ‘section on the killing of Abhimanyu’ (locative)', 'ṣoḍaśa': 'sixteen', 'rājakīya': 'pertaining to kings

• royal', 'upākhyāna': 'subsidiary tale

• illustrative narrative', 'viṣayaka': 'having as its subject

• concerning', 'ekonaṣaṣṭitamaḥ': 'fifty-ninth (lit. ‘one less than sixty’)', 'adhyāyaḥ': 'chapter', 'pūrṇaḥ': 'completed

• finished', 'antargata': 'included within

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Abhimanyu
• Abhimanyu-vadha-parva (sub-parva)
• Ṣoḍaśarājakīya-upākhyāna (episode of the sixteen kings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This passage is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata is organized into parvas, sub-parvas, and chapters, emphasizing careful textual framing and the completion of a narrative unit.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: the chapter (Adhyāya 59) within Droṇa Parva, under the Abhimanyu-vadha section, specifically the episode about the ‘Sixteen Kings’, has concluded.