Shloka 111

Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरसात्यकिवाक्ये एकादशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhira-sātyaki-vākye ekādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva, in the section concerning the slaying of Jayadratha, concludes the one-hundred-and-eleventh chapter, known as the dialogue between Yudhiṣṭhira and Sātyaki.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the auspicious (work)

महाgreat

भारतेin the Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona-parvan

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan of the slaying of Jayadratha

युधिष्ठिरसात्यकिवाक्येin the section (entitled) 'the speech of Yudhishthira and Satyaki'

एकादशाधिकशततमःone-hundred-and-eleventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha

Yudhiṣṭhira

Sātyaki

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?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching-verse: it frames the ethical and strategic discourse as occurring within the dharmic crisis of war (Droṇa Parva) and specifically within the vow-driven episode of Jayadratha’s death. Its function is to anchor the reader: counsel and action are to be interpreted in light of duty, vows, and the moral weight of battlefield decisions.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text marks the close of a chapter in Droṇa Parva, inside the Jayadratha-slaying episode, identifying the chapter as the exchange of words between Yudhiṣṭhira and Sātyaki. It signals a transition point in the narration, where dialogue and counsel are situated amid the urgent campaign to reach and kill Jayadratha.