Shloka 106

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरापयाने षडधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirāpayāne ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva, in the sub-episode concerning the slaying of Jayadratha, the chapter on Yudhiṣṭhira’s advance (or setting forth): the one hundred and sixth chapter (of this section).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the Jayadratha-slaying sub-parvan

युधिष्ठिरापयानेin (the section called) ‘Yudhiṣṭhira’s advance/march’

षडधिकशततमःthe one hundred and sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha

Yudhiṣṭhira

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?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and locating it within the epic’s structure. Its ethical import is indirect: it frames the war narrative—especially the Jayadratha episode—within an ordered textual tradition, reminding the reader that events are presented as part of a larger dharmic history rather than isolated violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse does not narrate an action; it formally concludes the chapter, identifying that the text is in the Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying sub-episode, and that this particular chapter concerns Yudhiṣṭhira’s advance/setting forth.