Shloka 140
सहदेव-राधेय-संग्रामः; शल्य-प्रभावः; अलम्बुस-निवर्तनम्
Sahadeva and Karṇa; Śalya’s pressure; Alambusa’s interception
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि अलम्बुषवधे चत्वारिंशदाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें अलग्बुषवधविषयक एक सौ चालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi alambuṣavadhe catvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Sañjaya dit : « Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Droṇa Parva, dans la section consacrée à la mise à mort de Jayadratha, s’achève le cent quarantième chapitre—relatif à la mort d’Alambuṣa. » Ce colophon marque la clôture de cet épisode dans la trame morale et stratégique de la guerre, où les violences décisives sont comprises comme l’aboutissement de vœux, du devoir (dharma) et de l’élan inexorable du champ de bataille.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal instruction: it teaches how the epic frames violent episodes within ordered textual units (parva/adhyāya) and moral causality—acts like the slaying of key warriors are presented as consequences of vows, duty, and the unfolding of fate within dharma-contested war.
The narrator Sañjaya signals the conclusion of the 140th chapter in the Droṇa Parva, specifically the episode about the killing of Alambuṣa, situated within the broader sub-section focused on the slaying of Jayadratha.