Shloka 38
अभिमन्यु-पराक्रमवर्णनम्
Abhimanyu’s Prowess and the Duḥśāsana Engagement
इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि अभिमन्युपराक्रमे आष्टात्रिंशो 5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमन्युवधपर्वमें आभिमन्यु-पराक्रमविषयक अड़तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi abhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi abhimanyu-parākrame aṣṭātriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti droṇaparvaṇy antargate 'bhimanyuvadhaparvaṇi ābhimanyu-parākrama-viṣayako 'ṣṭātriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ |
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि अभिमन्युवधपर्वणि अभिमन्युपराक्रमे अष्टात्रिंशोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode ethically by highlighting that Abhimanyu’s valor is being formally recorded within a war-book (Droṇa Parva) and within the grim context of his killing. The placement underscores the tension between heroic duty (kṣātra-dharma) and the tragic consequences of warfare.
The chapter concludes. The text announces that the thirty-eighth adhyāya—focused on Abhimanyu’s prowess—has ended, and it situates this chapter within the larger structure: Mahābhārata → Droṇa Parva → Abhimanyu-vadha Parva → Abhimanyu’s valor episode.