Shloka 39

Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमन्युवधपर्वमें दुःशासनयुद्धाविषयक उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi duḥśāsanayuddhāviṣayaka ūnatālīśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ketiga puluh sembilan, mengenai pertempuran yang melibatkan Duḥśāsana, dalam bagian Pembunuhan Abhimanyu pada Droṇa Parva dari Śrī Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वकेin the Drona-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

अभिमन्युवधपर्वणिin the Abhimanyu-slaying sub-parvan

दुःशासनयुद्धाविषयकconcerning the battle with Duhshasana

उनतालीसवाँthirty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Mahabharata

Drona Parva

Abhimanyu

Duhshasana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; instead, it frames the war narrative as a documented sequence of accountable actions. By naming the subject (Duḥśāsana’s battle) and locating it within the Abhimanyu-slaying section, it encourages readers to see each violent act as part of a wider moral chain of causes and consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the thirty-ninth chapter—focused on combat involving Duḥśāsana—has concluded, and it situates that chapter within the Abhimanyu-vadha subsection of the Droṇa Parva in the Mahābhārata.