Shloka 119

अर्जुनस्य गुरुधर्मविलापः तथा शैनेयकर्णयोर्युद्धारम्भः | Arjuna’s Lament on Guru-Dharma and the Opening of the Sātyaki–Karṇa Duel

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें सात्यकिके कौरव-सेनामें प्रवेशके प्रसंगमें यवनोंकी पराजयविषयक एक सौ उन्नीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraśrīmahābhārata-droṇaparvake antargata-jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyakike kaurava-senāyāṁ praveśa-prasaṅge yavanānāṁ parājaya-viṣayaka ekaśata-unna-viṁśat-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

وختم سنجيا قائلاً: هكذا انتهى الفصل التاسع عشر بعد المئة من «قسم قتل جايادراثا» الواقع ضمن «دروṇa بارفا» من «شري مهابهاراتا»، في سياق وصف اقتحام ساتياكي لصفوف جيش الكورافا وهزيمة اليافانا. ويؤكد هذا الختام أنّه وسط الفوضى الأخلاقية للحرب، يمكن لبأس الفرد وحزم التدبير أن يقلبا حتى أشدّ مقاومةٍ بأساً.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीglory; honorific (Sri)

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the Jayadratha-slaying sub-parva

सात्यकिकेof Satyaki

कौरवसेनाम्in the Kaurava army

प्रवेशकेof entry; of entering

प्रसङ्गेin the context; on the occasion

यवनानाम्of the Yavanas (Greeks/foreigners)

पराजयविषयकःconcerning the defeat

एकशतone hundred

उन्नविंशतितमःone hundred nineteenth (119th)

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha-vadha Parva

Sātyaki

Kaurava army

Yavanas

Śrī Mahābhārata

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?

As a chapter-colophon, it does not teach by direct instruction; it frames the episode’s moral atmosphere: in war, outcomes hinge on resolve, skill, and strategy, yet the narrative invites reflection on how such prowess is exercised within (or against) dharma amid escalating violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing statement for the chapter: it marks the completion of the adhyāya describing Sātyaki’s forceful entry into the Kaurava battle-array and the consequent defeat of the Yavana contingent, within the broader Jayadratha-slaying sequence of the Droṇa Parva.