Mahabharata 7.40.39 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 40, Shloka 39

Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमन्युवधपर्वमें दुःशासनयुद्धाविषयक उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi duḥśāsanayuddhāviṣayaka ūnatālīśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ദ്രോണപർവ്വത്തിന്റെ അന്തർഗതമായ അഭിമന്യുവധപർവ്വത്തിൽ ദുഃശാസനയുദ്ധവിഷയകമായ മുപ്പത്തൊമ്പതാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारतम्: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वके: in the Drona-parvan
• द्रोणपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रोणपर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular (agreeing with 'पर्वके')

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

• दुःशासनयुद्धाविषयक: concerning the battle with Duhshasana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःशासनयुद्धाविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (agreeing with 'अध्यायः')

• उनतालीसवाँ: thirty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उनतालीस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (ordinal; agreeing with 'अध्यायः')

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

• पूरः: complete/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (predicate; agreeing with 'अध्यायः')

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Mahabharata
• Drona Parva
• Abhimanyu
• Duhshasana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.