Shloka 73

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि षोडशराजकीये एकसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi ṣoḍaśarājakīye ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

かくして、尊き『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・ヴァダ（アビマンニュ殺害）」の段—において、「十六王」と称される単位に属する第七十一章はここに終わる。

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Droṇa-parvan
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• षोडशराजकीये: in (the section) concerning the sixteen kings
• षोडशराजकीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडशराजकीय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकसप्ततितमः: seventy-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकसप्तति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Abhimanyu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and locating it within the epic’s larger structure; its implicit lesson is textual: it frames the narrative of war and loss (Abhimanyu’s death) within an ordered, remembered tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse does not narrate an event directly; it formally concludes the seventy-first chapter of Droṇa Parva, identifying it as part of the Abhimanyu-slaying section and the unit termed “Sixteen Kings.”