Shloka 123
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि सात्यकिप्रवेशे दःशासनपराजये त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyakipraveśe daḥśāsanaparājaye trayoviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» المباركة، ضمن «دروṇa بارفا»—وخاصة في القسم المتعلّق بقتل جايادراثا—تنتهي هنا الفصولُ المئةُ والثالثةُ والعشرون، وموضوعها دخولُ ساتياكي إلى صفوف القتال وهزيمةُ دوحشاسانا. ويضع هذا الخاتمُ الحدثَ في إطار الصراع الأخلاقي الأكبر للحرب، حيث تُواجَه الشجاعةُ والوفاءُ بالقسوةِ وباللا-دارما (الأدهرما).
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the narrative ethically by marking a chapter centered on the triumph of disciplined valor and loyal intervention (Sātyaki’s advance) over cruelty and wrongdoing (Duḥśāsana’s defeat), within the broader dharmic reckoning of the war.
This is the closing colophon of the chapter: it situates the events within Droṇa Parva, in the Jayadratha-slaying section, and identifies the chapter’s focus as Sātyaki’s entry/advance in battle and the defeat of Duḥśāsana, concluding the 123rd chapter.