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Shloka 24

द्रोणाभिमुखानां निवारण-युद्धम् / Interceptions on the Droṇa-front

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि संशप्तकवधपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये चतुर्विशो5ध्याय: ।। २४ ।। इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत संशप्तकवधपर्वमें धृतराष्ट्रवाक्यविषयक चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi saṁśaptakavadha-parvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭra-vākye caturviṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ || 24 ||

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ದ್ರೋಣಪರ್ವದೊಳಗಿನ ಸಂಶಪ್ತಕವಧಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರವಾಕ್ಯವಿಷಯಕ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीglory; auspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

संशप्तकवधपर्वणिin the sub-parvan 'Slaying of the Saṃśaptakas'

धृतराष्ट्रवाक्येin (the section of) Dhṛtarāṣṭra's speech

चतुर्विंशःtwenty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Saṁśaptakas

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach a doctrine directly; it frames the ethical weight of the war by formally closing a unit of narration tied to vowed warriors (Saṁśaptakas) and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s continuing engagement with the consequences of adharma and kin-slaying.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending marker: it announces that the twenty-fourth chapter of the Droṇa Parva—within the Saṁśaptaka-slaying episode, under the rubric of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s speech—has concluded.