Shloka 132
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें भीमसेन और कर्णका युद्धविषयक एक सौ बत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargataṃ jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi bhīmasena-karṇayor yuddhaviṣayakam ekaśata-dvātriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sañjaya said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the Jayadratha-slaying section—the one hundred and thirty-second chapter, concerning the battle between Bhīmasena and Karṇa, is concluded.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse functions as a colophon, teaching how the Mahābhārata frames ethical and martial events within a disciplined textual architecture. By naming the parva, sub-parva, and the featured duel, it signals that war episodes are not random violence but narrated as morally consequential units within a larger dharma-centered history.
Sanjaya marks the conclusion of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying section, whose subject is the combat between Bhīmasena and Karṇa. It is a formal closing statement indicating that the described battle episode and its thematic focus have reached completion.