Shloka 45

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 45: Saubhadra–Lakṣmaṇa-saṃyoga and Kaurava Counter-Encirclement

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि दुर्योधनपराजये पज्चचत्वारिंशो5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi duryodhanaparājaye pañcacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଦ୍ରୋଣପର୍ବରେ ଅଭିମନ୍ୟୁବଧପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଦୁର୍ୟୋଧନପରାଜୟବର୍ଣ୍ଣନାକାରୀ ପଞ୍ଚଚାଳିଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Drona Parva
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• दुर्योधनपराजये: in (the episode of) Duryodhana's defeat
• दुर्योधनपराजये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधनपराजय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चचत्वारिंशः: forty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चचत्वारिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa
• Abhimanyu
• Duryodhana

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 the episode culminates in Duryodhana’s setback, reinforcing the Mahābhārata’s ethical pattern that strategies rooted in adharma and cruelty invite reversal and suffering even amid apparent battlefield success.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is the chapter-ending colophon: Sañjaya marks the conclusion of the forty-fifth chapter of the Droṇa Parva, within the Abhimanyu-slaying section, specifically noting the theme/event of Duryodhana’s defeat in this chapter’s account.