Shloka 51
जयद्रथवध-प्रतिज्ञा
Arjuna’s Vow to Neutralize Jayadratha
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरप्रलापे एकपज्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirapralāpe ekapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
かくして『聖マハーバーラタ』の「ドローナ・パルヴァ」—とりわけ「アビマンニュ殺害」の章段—において、サンジャヤの語りによるユディシュティラの嘆きを述べた第五十一章はここに終わる。この奥書は、戦乱のただ中で起こる道義と情念の危機としてこの出来事を位置づける。悲嘆と責務が正法に生きる王の肩に重くのしかかる一方、戦の苛烈な必然はなお進み続けるのである。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a dharma-driven war, the righteous are not numb to suffering: Yudhiṣṭhira’s lament underscores moral accountability, the human cost of strategy and duty, and the tension between kṣatriya obligation and compassion.
This is the chapter-ending colophon: it marks the close of the fifty-first chapter in Droṇa Parva, within the Abhimanyu-slaying section, identifying the theme as Yudhiṣṭhira’s lament and attributing the narration to Sañjaya.