Shloka 66

Droṇānīka-praveśa: Arjuna’s respectful appeal to Droṇa and renewed advance toward Jayadratha (द्रोणानीकप्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि षोडशराजकीये षट्षष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi ṣoḍaśarājakīye ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le soixante-sixième chapitre du Droṇa Parva du Śrī Mahābhārata, dans la section relatant la mise à mort d’Abhimanyu (Abhimanyu-vadha-parvan), au sein de la subdivision dite « des Seize Rois ».

Word by Word

itithus; end-quotation marker

śrīauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

mahābhāratein the Mahābhārata

droṇaparvaṇiin the Droṇa-parvan

abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇiin the Abhimanyu-slaying sub-parvan

ṣoḍaśarājakīyein the (section) concerning the sixteen kings

ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamaḥsixty-sixth

adhyāyaḥchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Abhimanyu

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the completed chapter within the larger epic. Ethically, it points back to the Abhimanyu episode as a lens on dharma in war—how rules, vows, and collective responsibility are tested when victory is pursued at the cost of fairness and compassion.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line signals the formal end of Adhyāya 66 in the Droṇa Parva, specifically within the Abhimanyu-slaying section. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker rather than a spoken action, closing the chapter’s account and locating it within the epic’s internal divisions.