Shloka 147
अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि कर्णसात्यकियुद्धि सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो 5 ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi karṇasātyakiyuddhe saptacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the sacred Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Jayadratha—ends the one-hundred-and-forty-seventh chapter, describing the battle between Karṇa and Sātyaki.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction; it situates the reader ethically by reminding that individual duels (Karṇa–Sātyaki) occur within a larger vow-driven campaign culminating in Jayadratha’s death—highlighting how personal valor in war is inseparable from the broader consequences of duty, loyalty, and retaliation.
This is the closing formula marking the end of a chapter in Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying section, identifying the chapter’s subject as the combat between Karṇa and Sātyaki and numbering it as the 147th chapter.