Shloka 52

द्रोण-पार्थ-युद्धम्

Droṇa–Pārtha Strategic Engagement

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोहरणपर्वमें भीष्यजीके द्वारा येनाकी व्यूहरचनाविषयक बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata-goharaṇa-parvaṇi bhīṣma-jīkena yūha-racanā-viṣayakaḥ dvāpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత విరాటపర్వాంతర్గత గోహరణపర్వములో భీష్ముడు వ్యూహరచన సూత్రాలను వివరించిన యాభై రెండవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीrevered/auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतMahabharata

विराटपर्वin the Virata Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

गोहरणपर्वin the Goharana-parva (cattle-raid section)

भीष्मजीby Bhishma (honorific)

द्वाराthrough/by means of

येनby which

एकone

व्यूहbattle-array/formation

रचनाarrangement/formation

विषयकconcerning/pertaining to

बावनfifty-second

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīṣma

Śrī Mahābhārata

Virāṭa Parva

Goharaṇa Parvan

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?

The passage functions as a colophon: it emphasizes that warfare, when undertaken, is to be approached through disciplined order (yūha-racanā) and duty-bound instruction, not impulsive aggression—highlighting the ethical framing of martial knowledge within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana signals the conclusion of a chapter in the Goharaṇa section of the Virāṭa Parva, noting that Bhīṣma’s discussion on arranging military formations has been completed.