Shloka 112

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सात्यकि-अलम्बुसयोर्युद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue; Account of Sātyaki vs Alambusa

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें सात्यकिका कौरव-सेनामें प्रवेशविषयक एक सौ बारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargataṁ jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyakikā kaurava-senāyāṁ praveśa-viṣayakam ekaśata-dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ke-112 dalam Jayadratha-wadha Parva, bagian dari Droṇa Parva dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, yang mengisahkan masuknya Sātyaki ke dalam bala tentara Kaurava.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीsplendour; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वकेin the Droṇa-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the 'Slaying of Jayadratha' sub-parvan

सात्यकिकrelating to Sātyaki

कौरवसेनाम्in the Kaurava army

प्रवेशविषयकम्concerning the entry (into)

एकone

शतhundred

द्वादशोत्तरtwelve over (i.e., +12)

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Satyaki (Yuyudhana)

Kaurava army

Mahabharata

Drona Parva

Jayadratha-vadha Parva (section on Jayadratha’s slaying)

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-like closing, the verse does not teach a doctrine directly; it frames the war episode as a completed unit, reminding the reader that heroic action in battle is bound to responsibility (dharma) and carries ethical gravity, even when undertaken for a just cause or urgent vow.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter in which Sātyaki’s entry into the Kaurava battle formation is the main topic, within the broader Jayadratha-slaying sequence of the Droṇa Parva, as narrated by Sañjaya.