🪷 Mahābhārata · 7.2.18
Droṇa-Parva · The Book of Droṇa · Chapter 2 · Verse 18
Place in the Mahābhārata
- This is verse 18 of Chapter 2 in Droṇa-Parva (Parva 7 of 18)
- Parva theme: War days 11-15 · Abhimanyu in the cakra-vyūha · Jayadratha · Karṇa-Ghaṭotkaca
- Total verses in this Parva: 8,152
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Sources and Connected Readings
Continue from this śloka to its chapter and Parva, its Bhagavad-Gītā reading when it belongs to Bhīṣma-Parva 23-40, and other closely connected Vyāsa passages.
MBh 7.2.18local per-verse Mahābhārata source routeMBh 7.2parent chapter route for local contextDroṇa-Parvaparent Parva chapter index/mahabharata18-parva Sanskrit reading index with edition and address notesBhīṣma-ParvaMahābhārata Parva 6 · the Gītā lives in chapters 23-40MBh 6.23Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 1 in its Itihāsa homeMBh 6.40Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 18 in its Itihāsa homeRāmopākhyānaVana-Parva 258 · Vyāsa narrates the Rāma-kathā inside Krishna's epicNārāyaṇīyamŚānti-Parva 335 · Nārāyaṇa/Krishna/Viṣṇu/Vāsudeva unity witness/bhagavad-gitadeep Gītā corpus with translations, commentaries, and verse-level anchorsBG 1.1Dharma-kṣetra opening cross-anchored to MBh 6.23.1BG 18.66Carama-Śloka surrender seal inside the Bhīṣma-Parva arcVyāsa vibhūtiBG 10.37 · Krishna names Vyāsa among munisBG 10.37Vyāsa and Dhanañjaya as Krishna-vibhūti source routeŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Vyāsa corpus source seal/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Itihāsa as one Bindu aperture/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation
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APA: Vyāsa Maharṣi. (n.d.). Mahābhārata Droṇa-Parva 7.2.18. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-06, from https://vidhyamitra.com/mahabharata/drona-parva/2/18
Chicago: Vyāsa Maharṣi. "Mahābhārata Droṇa-Parva 7.2.18." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-06. https://vidhyamitra.com/mahabharata/drona-parva/2/18.
MLA: Vyāsa Maharṣi. "Mahābhārata Droṇa-Parva 7.2.18." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/mahabharata/drona-parva/2/18.
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