Shloka 99

द्रोणेन केकय-चेदि-वीरवधः

Droṇa’s engagements with the Kekayas and Cedis

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि विन्दानुविन्दवधे अर्जुनसरोनिर्माणे च एकोनशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi vindānuvindavadhe arjunasaronirmāṇe ca ekonaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Jayadratha—this concludes the one-hundred-and-first chapter, which also includes the killing of Vinda and Anuvinda and the creation of the lake of arrows by Arjuna. The colophon marks the close of the chapter and highlights the pivotal war-acts that advance the ethical and strategic stakes of the Kurukṣetra conflict.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Drona Parva
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जयद्रथवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the slaying of Jayadratha
• जयद्रथवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विन्दानुविन्दवधे: in (the episode of) the killing of Vinda and Anuvinda
• विन्दानुविन्दवधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विन्दानुविन्दवध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अर्जुनसरोनिर्माणे: in (the episode of) the making of Arjuna's lake
• अर्जुनसरोनिर्माणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुनसरोनिर्माण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एकोनशततमः: the one-hundred-minus-one (i.e., ninety-ninth)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Jayadratha
• Vinda
• Anuvinda
• Arjuna
• Mahābhārata