Shloka 69
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
अभिमन्युवध: पर्व प्रतिज्ञापर्व चोच्यते । जयद्रथवध: पर्व घटोत्कचवधस्तत:,इसके बाद अभिमन्युवधपर्व, प्रतिज्ञापर्व, जयद्रथवधपर्व और घटोत्कचवधपर्व हैं
abhimanyuvadhaḥ parva pratijñāparva cocyate | jayadrathavadhaḥ parva ghaṭotkacavadhas tataḥ |
यानंतर अभिमन्युवधपर्व, मग प्रतिज्ञापर्व, त्यानंतर जयद्रथवधपर्व आणि पुढे घटोत्कचवधपर्व असे सांगितले आहे।
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
By listing these parvas in sequence, the text underscores how dharma-bound vows (pratijñā) and grief-driven resolve can propel warriors into escalating cycles of violence, where personal duty and collective catastrophe become tightly intertwined.
A set of forthcoming narrative divisions is being named: the slaying of Abhimanyu, the vow-centered section, the slaying of Jayadratha, and then the slaying of Ghaṭotkaca—signposting major turning points in the war storyline.