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
Demikian berakhir bab ketujuh puluh dari Śrī Mahābhārata, Droṇa Parva, dalam bagian Abhimanyu-vadha, yang memuat kisah tentang enam belas raja.
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.