Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि कर्णदुःशासनपरा भवे चत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi karṇaduḥśāsanaparābhave catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଦ୍ରୋଣପର୍ବ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଅଭିମନ୍ୟୁବଧପର୍ବରେ କର୍ଣ୍ଣ-ଦୁଃଶାସନ ପରାଭବବିଷୟକ ଚାଳିଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

अभिमन्युवधपर्वणिin the Abhimanyu-slaying sub-parvan

कर्णदुःशासनपराhaving (as its topic) Karṇa and Duḥśāsana

भवेbe; may it be

चत्वारिंशःfortieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Abhimanyu

Karṇa

Duḥśāsana

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 through direct instruction but through framing: it signals that events unfold within a moral universe where violent excess and unethical conduct can lead to downfall, even for formidable warriors.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon stating that the fortieth chapter of the Droṇa Parva has concluded, within the Abhimanyu-slaying episode, and that the chapter’s focus includes the defeat of Karṇa and Duḥśāsana.