Shloka 100
धर्मराजस्य चिन्ता, भीमसेनप्रेषणम्, द्रोणानीकप्रवेशप्रयत्नः
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Anxiety and the Dispatch of Bhīma; Attempted Breakthrough into Droṇa’s Formation
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि सैन्यविस्मये शततमो<ध्याय: ।। २१०० |। इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें सेनाविस्मयविषयक सौवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sainyavismaye śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 2100 ||
Sañjaya said: “Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva, in the section concerning the slaying of Jayadratha, the hundredth chapter—on the theme of the army’s astonishment—comes to an end.” This colophon marks the close of a narrative unit in which the shock and disarray of the forces underscore the moral weight of decisive acts in war and the swift turning of fortune on the battlefield.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical atmosphere of the episode by highlighting “sainya-vismaya” (the army’s astonishment), reminding the reader how swiftly power, morale, and perceived righteousness can shift in war when a pivotal deed is accomplished.
This is the closing formula for the chapter: it identifies the larger book (Mahābhārata), the parva (Droṇa Parva), the sub-parva (Jayadratha’s slaying), and the chapter theme (the army’s astonishment), and declares that the hundredth chapter has concluded.