Shloka 109
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि अलम्बुषवधे नवाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi alambuṣavadhe navādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Jayadratha—ends the one-hundred-and-ninth chapter, dealing with the killing of Alambuṣa. This colophon signals the close of a narrative unit in which the war’s moral gravity is underscored by the relentless chain of retaliatory deaths and the duty-bound reporting of events.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical weight of the war narrative by marking the completion of a chapter centered on a killing. The implied reflection is on how dharma in war becomes entangled with vows, retaliation, and the inexorable consequences of violence.
This is the chapter-ending formula: it announces that, within Droṇa Parva and the Jayadratha-vadha section, the chapter themed around the slaying of Alambuṣa has concluded (counted here as the 109th chapter).