Shloka 147

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि कर्णसात्यकियुद्धि सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो 5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi karṇasātyakiyuddhe saptacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Mahābhārata yang suci, pada Droṇa Parva—dalam bagian pembunuhan Jayadratha—berakhir bab ke-147 yang mengisahkan pertempuran Karṇa dan Sātyaki.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan concerning the slaying of Jayadratha

कर्णसात्यकियुद्धिin the battle of Karṇa and Sātyaki

सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-forty-seventh (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha

Karṇa

Sātyaki

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction; it situates the reader ethically by reminding that individual duels (Karṇa–Sātyaki) occur within a larger vow-driven campaign culminating in Jayadratha’s death—highlighting how personal valor in war is inseparable from the broader consequences of duty, loyalty, and retaliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing formula marking the end of a chapter in Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying section, identifying the chapter’s subject as the combat between Karṇa and Sātyaki and numbering it as the 147th chapter.