Shloka 49
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 49: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament and Strategic Foreboding after Abhimanyu’s Fall
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधे एकोनपज्चाशत्तमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमन्युवधपर्वमें अभिमनन््युवधविषयक उनचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhe ekonapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Sañjaya said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the sub-section on the slaying of Abhimanyu—ends the forty-ninth chapter, concluding the account of Abhimanyu’s death. The colophon marks the closure of a morally charged episode in which the codes of righteous warfare are strained under the pressures of victory and vengeance.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing the episode: it signals the completion of Abhimanyu’s slaying narrative, inviting reflection on how war can erode agreed norms of conduct and how the consequences of adharma reverberate through the epic’s moral universe.
This is the formal closing line of the chapter: Sañjaya concludes the forty-ninth adhyāya of the Droṇa Parva’s Abhimanyu-vadha section, indicating that the account of Abhimanyu’s death has been completed for this chapter.