Shloka 137

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि भीमयुद्धे सप्तत्रिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi bhīmayuddhe saptatriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Sañjaya dit : Ainsi, dans le saint Mahābhārata, au sein du Droṇa Parva—plus précisément dans la section consacrée à la mise à mort de Jayadratha—s’achève le cent trente-septième chapitre, décrivant le combat où Bhīma est engagé. Le colophon inscrit l’épisode dans la grande tragédie morale de la guerre, où la vaillance et la vengeance personnelles se déploient dans le mouvement inexorable du destin et du devoir sur le champ de bataille.

इतिthus; end-quote marker
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata
श्रीमहाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona-parvan
द्रोणपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोणपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the Jayadratha-slaying sub-parvan
जयद्रथवधपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजयद्रथवधपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भीमयुद्धेin the Bhima-battle (section on Bhima's fight)
भीमयुद्धे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभीमयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
सप्तत्रिंशत्thirty-seven
सप्तत्रिंशत्:
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तत्रिंशत्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अधिकadditional; exceeding
अधिक:
TypeAdjective
Rootअधिक
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
शततमःhundredth (ordinal)
शततमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootशततम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
M
Mahābhārata
D
Droṇa
J
Jayadratha
B
Bhīma

Educational Q&A

As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches how the epic frames events within layered narrative structures (parva, upaparva, episode). Ethically, it reminds the reader that individual combats (like Bhīma’s) are not isolated feats but parts of a wider dharmic and fateful sequence culminating in major vows and consequences (here, the Jayadratha episode).

This is the closing formula for the chapter: it locates the just-told events within Droṇa Parva, inside the Jayadratha-slaying section, and identifies the chapter as centered on Bhīma’s fighting. It signals the end of the 137th chapter in that sequence.