Shloka 85
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय ८७: सात्यकेरनुयात्रा
Sātyaki’s resolve and departure to reach Arjuna
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये पज्चाशीतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭravākye pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ দ্ৰোণপৰ্বত, জয়দ্ৰথবধপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত, ধৃতৰাষ্ট্ৰৰ বাক্যৰূপ পঁচাশি-তম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction; instead it frames the ethical gravity of the narrative by formally situating the episode (Jayadratha’s slaying) within the war-book (Droṇa Parvan) and under Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s discourse—reminding the reader that actions in war are recorded, judged, and remembered within a dharmic-historical continuum.
This is the chapter-ending marker: it announces that the eighty-fifth chapter has concluded, within the Droṇa Parvan’s Jayadratha-slaying section, and that the surrounding narration is cast as Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s words (typically in dialogue with Sañjaya).