Shloka 121
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि सात्यकिकप्रवेशे एकविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyakikapraveśe ekaviṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Droṇa Parva—en particular en la sección relativa a la muerte de Jayadratha—concluye el capítulo centésimo vigésimo primero, cuyo tema es la entrada de Sātyaki (en la formación de batalla). A modo de colofón, señala una transición en el relato bélico: cierra una unidad de acción y hace sentir el peso moral de los hechos venideros, ligados a la venganza, al deber (dharma) y al costo creciente de la guerra.
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Educational Q&A
As a colophon rather than a didactic verse, it teaches indirectly: actions in war are organized into accountable narrative units, and each completed episode carries ethical residue—duty pursued through violence (especially vengeance-driven duty) advances the plot but also deepens the moral gravity of the conflict.
This line marks the formal close of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying sequence, identifying the chapter’s focus as Sātyaki’s entry/advance. It functions as an editorial/narrative boundary rather than describing a new action.