Mahabharata 7.118.116 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 118, Shloka 116
भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः
Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि सात्यकिकप्रवेशे दुर्योधनकृतवर्मपराजये षोडशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyakikapraveśe duryodhanakṛtavarmaparājaye ṣoḍaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ দ্ৰোণপৰ্বত, জয়দ্ৰথবধপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত, সাত্যকিৰ যুদ্ধপ্ৰৱেশ আৰু দুৰ্যোধন- কৃতৱৰ্মাৰ পৰাজয় বৰ্ণনা কৰা একশ ষোলতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but frames the ethical arc of the episode: steadfast courage and purposeful action (as in Sātyaki’s breakthrough) can overturn seemingly entrenched power, while arrogance and unjust opposition invite defeat amid the larger movement of dharma and adharma in the war.
This is the chapter-ending colophon. It identifies the textual location: in Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying section, concluding the chapter that includes Sātyaki’s entry into battle and the defeat of Duryodhana and Kṛtavarman.
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