Shloka 112

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि सात्यकिक््रवेशे दादशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyakipraveśe dvādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «درونا بارفا»، في «جايَدَرَثاڤَدها بارفا»، يُختَتم الفصل الثاني بعد المئة، وموضوعه دخول ساتياكي إلى الصفوف.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Jayadratha

सात्यकिप्रवेशेin (the episode of) Satyaki's entry

द्वादशाधिकशततमःthe one hundred and twelfth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha

Sātyaki

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?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches indirectly by framing the episode as part of a vow-driven, consequence-laden war narrative—where loyalty and retributive aims intensify violence, raising enduring questions about dharma under extreme conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text marks the close of a chapter in Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying section, identifying the chapter’s focus as Sātyaki’s entry/advance—an editorial/narrative boundary statement rather than spoken battlefield dialogue.