Shloka 109
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें अलग्बुषवधविषयक एक सौ नवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargataṃ jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi alambuṣavadhaviṣayaka ekaśata navamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sanjaya said: Thus ends the one hundred and ninth chapter of the Alambusha-slaying episode, within the Jayadratha-slaying section of the Drona Parva of the sacred Mahabharata. This closing colophon marks the completion of a narrated unit in the war account, emphasizing orderly transmission of events and the moral gravity of the battlefield narrative.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches textual discipline and responsible transmission: the war narrative is presented in clearly bounded units, reminding the listener that acts of violence and their outcomes are to be remembered with moral seriousness, not as mere spectacle.
This is an end-of-chapter marker spoken by Sanjaya, indicating that the chapter dealing with the slaying of Alambusha—within the broader Jayadratha-slaying section of the Drona Parva—has concluded.