Shloka 89

अध्याय ९१ — शैनेयस्य गजानीकभेदनं जलसंधवधश्च

Chapter 91: Sātyaki breaks the elephant array and slays Jalasaṃdha

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि अर्जुनयुद्धे एकोननवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi arjunayuddhe ekonanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sanjaya said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva, in the section concerning the slaying of Jayadratha, in the account of Arjuna’s battle, ends the eighty-ninth chapter. This closing colophon frames the events as part of a larger moral and historical tapestry: the war’s violence is narrated with formal order, marking responsibility, consequence, and the solemn progression of fate and duty.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Droṇa-parvan
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जयद्रथवधपर्वणि: in the Jayadratha-slaying section (parvan)
• जयद्रथवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अर्जुनयुद्धे: in (the account of) Arjuna's battle
• अर्जुनयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुनयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोननवतितमः: the eighty-ninth (lit. one-less-than-ninety) (chapter)
• एकोननवतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोननवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Jayadratha
• Arjuna