Shloka 141

Nakula–Śakuni Duel and the Night Battle; Śikhaṇḍin–Kṛpa Engagement (नकुल-शकुनियुद्धं तथा रात्रियुद्धवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें सात्यकि और अजुनिका परस्पर साक्षात्कारविषयक एक सौ इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargataṃ jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyaki-arjunayoḥ paraspara-sākṣātkāra-viṣayakaḥ ekaśata-ekacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

قال سنجيا: هكذا ينتهي الفصل الحادي والأربعون بعد المئة من «شري مهابهاراتا» في «درونا بارفا»، ضمن قسم مقتل جايدراتها، واصفاً اللقاء المتبادل بين ساتياكي وأرجونا. ويُشير هذا الخاتمة إلى لحظة حاسمة تحت وطأة الضغط الأخلاقي للحرب: إذ يلتقي الحلفاء من جديد وسط الفوضى ليصونوا نذرهم وواجبهم المشترك، ويجدّدوا العزم على مقاومة الأدهرما، وإن كان ميدان القتال يهدّد بقطع الروابط والغاية.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वकेin the Droṇa-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the Jayadratha-slaying sub-parvan

सात्यकिSātyaki

चand

अर्जुनिकाof Arjuna (Arjunika = pertaining to Arjuna)

परस्परmutually; with each other

साक्षात्कारविषयकconcerning the meeting/encounter

एकone

शतhundred

एकचत्वारिंशत्तमःone-hundred-forty-first

अध्यायःchapter

पूरितःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha-vadha Parva

Sātyaki

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the disorienting violence of war, dharma is sustained through steadfast duty and loyal cooperation: allies must reunite, communicate, and act with shared purpose to prevent chaos from eroding righteous resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon stating that the chapter has ended. It identifies the placement (Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying episode) and the chapter’s topic: the face-to-face meeting of Sātyaki and Arjuna.