Shloka 51

Jayadrathasya śoka-bhaya-vilāpaḥ — Droṇena āśvāsanaṃ ca

Jayadratha’s lament and Droṇa’s reassurance

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमन्युवधपर्वमें युधिष्टिप्रलापविषयक इक्यावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirapralāpaviṣayaka ekapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Sanjaya concludes by stating that thus ends the fifty-first chapter of the Mahabharata’s Drona Parva, within the sub-section on the slaying of Abhimanyu, specifically dealing with Yudhishthira’s lament. The closing formula underscores the moral weight of grief in war: even the righteous are shaken, and sorrow becomes a lens through which the costs of adharma and the fragility of human duty are felt.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वकेin the Drona-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

अभिमन्युवधपर्वणिin the Abhimanyu-slaying sub-parvan

युधिष्ठिरप्रलापविषयकःconcerning Yudhishthira's lament

एकपञ्चाशत्तमःfifty-first

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Mahabharata

Drona Parva

Abhimanyu

Yudhishthira

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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