Shloka 121

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि सात्यकिकप्रवेशे एकविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyakikapraveśe ekaviṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Droṇa Parva—plus précisément dans la section consacrée au meurtre de Jayadratha—s’achève le cent vingt et unième chapitre, ayant pour thème l’entrée de Sātyaki (dans le dispositif de bataille). En guise de colophon, il marque une transition du récit guerrier : il clôt une unité d’action et fait peser la charge morale des événements à venir, liés à la vengeance, au devoir (dharma) et au coût sans cesse croissant de la guerre.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the Jayadratha-slaying sub-parva

सात्यकिकप्रवेशेin (the section called) 'Satyaki's entry'

एकविंशत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-twenty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha

Sātyaki

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.