Shloka 70
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
Ainsi s’achève le soixante-dixième chapitre du vénérable Śrī Mahābhārata, dans le Droṇa Parva, au sein de la section Abhimanyu-vadha, consacré à l’épisode des seize rois. Ce colophon annonce la clôture de cette unité narrative et marque une transition dans la chronique de la guerre, où les conséquences de la mort d’Abhimanyu et les récits qui l’entourent sont formellement achevés pour ce chapitre.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches how the Mahābhārata frames its war narrative with careful textual boundaries: episodes are closed formally, reminding the reader that events—especially acts of killing in war—are not isolated, but part of a structured moral and historical account whose consequences continue beyond a single scene.
This line is a chapter-ending notice stating that the seventieth chapter has concluded in the Droṇa Parva, within the Abhimanyu-vadha section, and that the chapter’s subject was an upākhyāna (subsidiary episode) connected with sixteen kings.