Shloka 125
दुर्योधन-कर्ण-संवादः
Duryodhana–Karna Dialogue on Vyūha-bheda and Daiva
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि द्रोणपराक्रमे पजञ्चविंशत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें द्रोगपराक्रमाविषयक एक यौ पचीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi droṇaparākrame pañcaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sañjaya said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva, in the sub-section concerning the slaying of Jayadratha, in the episode describing Droṇa’s prowess, the one-hundred-and-twenty-fifth chapter is concluded.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its value is structural and ethical-contextual: it frames the war narrative as an organized account where deeds (parākrama) and their consequences are recorded within a dharma-inflected history, reminding the reader that episodes of valor and violence are part of a larger moral chronicle.
The verse signals the end of a chapter within the Droṇa Parva, specifically within the Jayadratha-slaying section and the episode highlighting Droṇa’s prowess. It functions as an editorial closure marking the completion of that adhyāya in the transmitted text.