द्रौणि-पार्षतयोर्युद्धम् | The Duel of Aśvatthāmā
Drauṇi) and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें भीमसेन और कर्णका युद्धविषयक एक सौ बत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargataṃ jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi bhīmasena-karṇayor yuddhaviṣayakam ekaśata-dvātriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sanjaya said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the Jayadratha-slaying section—the one hundred and thirty-second chapter, dealing with the battle between Bhīmasena and Karṇa, is concluded. The closing formula underscores the epic’s careful structuring of war-narrative into thematic units, marking the moral weight and escalating intensity of the conflict as it moves toward the vow-driven killing of Jayadratha.
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