Shloka 39
Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमन्युवधपर्वमें दुःशासनयुद्धाविषयक उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi duḥśāsanayuddhāviṣayaka ūnatālīśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
サञ्जयは語った。かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』ドローナ・パルヴァの「アビマンニュ殺害章」において、ドゥフシャーサナの戦いに関する第三十九章は終わる。結語は、叙事詩が出来事を周到に枠づけて記すことを示す――いかなる流血の一幕も、より大きな道徳的・歴史的記録の一部として刻まれ、責任と戦争の連鎖する帰結への省察を促すのである。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.