Shloka 143

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि भूरिश्रवोवधे त्रिचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi bhūriśravovadhe tricatuvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के द्रोणपर्व में जयद्रथवधपर्व के अंतर्गत भूरिश्रववध-प्रसंग का एक सौ तैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Jayadratha

भूरिश्रवोवधेin (the episode of) the killing of Bhurishravas

त्रिचत्वारिंशत्forty-three

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha

Bhūriśravas

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, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical atmosphere of the surrounding episode—war pushes dharma to its limits, and the epic repeatedly invites reflection on how vows, anger, and expediency can conflict with ideals of righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the conclusion of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying section, specifically the episode describing Bhūriśravas’s death; it functions as a formal closure and locator for the preceding events.