Shloka 119
जयद्रथवधः — The Slaying of Jayadratha
Sunset Vow and Curse-Condition
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि सात्यकिप्रवेशे यवनपराजये एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyakipraveśe yavanaparājaye ekonaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
وهكذا، في «المهابهارتا» المباركة، ضمن «دروṇa پرفا»—في القسم المتعلّق بقتل جَيَدْرَثَ—تُختَتَمُ هنا فصولُ دخولِ ساتياكي وهزيمةِ اليافانا، وهو الفصلُ التاسعُ عشر بعد المئة.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical landscape of the episode: in war, decisive action taken for a vowed objective (the campaign culminating in Jayadratha’s death) demands steadfast loyalty and strategic resolve, while reminding the listener that each violent success is embedded in a larger chain of consequences.
This is the closing colophon of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva. It identifies the chapter’s placement within the Jayadratha-slaying narrative arc and names its immediate focus: Sātyaki’s forceful entry into the battle and the defeat of the Yavana contingent.