Shloka 60

धृतराष्ट्रस्य शोकविलापः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Inquiry to Sañjaya

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमन्युवधपर्वमें षोडशराजकीयोपाख्यानविषयक साठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargataṁ abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi ṣoḍaśarājakīyopākhyānaviṣayakaḥ ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the sixtieth chapter of the Śrī Mahābhārata within the Droṇa Parva, in the Abhimanyu-vadha section, dealing with the episode concerning the sixteen kings. The narration marks the formal close of this thematic unit, framing the events as part of the larger moral and strategic crisis of the war that culminates in Abhimanyu’s killing.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner, way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारतम्: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वके: in the Drona-parvan section
• द्रोणपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रोणपर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included, contained
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि: in the Abhimanyu-slaying sub-parvan
• अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्युवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षोडशराजकीयोपाख्यानविषयक: having as its subject the episode of the sixteen kings
• षोडशराजकीयोपाख्यानविषयक: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडशराजकीय-उपाख्यान-विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• षष्टितमः: sixtieth
• षष्टितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूरः: complete, finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was, became (ended)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Abhimanyu-vadha (episode/section)
• Ṣoḍaśa-rājānaḥ (sixteen kings, as a collective topic)