Shloka 105

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

Arrow-storm Engagement

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि ध्वजवर्णने पजञ्चाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi dhvajavarṇane pañcādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Droṇa Parva—genauer im Abschnitt über die Tötung Jayadrathas—das hundertfünfte Kapitel, dessen Thema die Beschreibung der Banner ist. Dieser Schlusskolophon rahmt die Erzählung als Teil des größeren moralischen und historischen Berichts über den Krieg und markiert einen Übergang im Entfalten von Pflicht, Entschlossenheit und den Folgen kriegerischer Gelübde.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the Jayadratha-slaying section

ध्वजवर्णनेin the description of the banner/standard

पञ्चाधिकशततमःthe one hundred and fifth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha

dhvaja (battle standards/banners)

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 colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but through framing: it situates the events within an ethical epic record, reminding the reader that war narratives are preserved with attention to meaning, consequence, and the larger arc of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending marker stating that the one-hundred-and-fifth chapter—focused on describing battle banners—concludes within the Droṇa Parva, in the sub-section dealing with Jayadratha’s slaying.