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
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ດັ່ງນີ້ ຈົບລົງແລ້ວ ບົດທີ 39 ວ່າດ້ວຍການຮົບທີ່ກ່ຽວກັບ ທຸຫສາສະນະ ໃນພາກ «ການສັງຫານອະພິມັນຍຸ» ພາຍໃນ ດຣົຓະປະວະ ແຫ່ງ «ສຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ»। ສູດປິດບົດນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ເຫດການຮຸນແຮງແຕ່ລະຕອນ ຖືກບັນທຶກໄວ້ໃນກອບເລື່ອງທີ່ໃຫຍ່ກວ່າ ທັງດ້ານສິນທຳ ແລະປະຫວັດສາດ ເພື່ອເຊີນໃຫ້ຄິດໄຕ່ຕອບກ່ຽວກັບຄວາມຮັບຜິດຊອບ ແລະຜົນຕາມມາຂອງສົງຄາມທີ່ລຸກລາມຕໍ່ເນື່ອງ।
संजय उवाच
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.