Shloka 136
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि भीमयुद्धे षट्त्रिंयधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi bhīmayuddhe ṣaṭtriṁśyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the Jayadratha-slaying section—this concludes the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth chapter, concerning the battle involving Bhīma. The colophon marks the close of a narrative unit, situating the episode within the larger ethical frame of war: vows, retaliation, and the escalating consequences of violence on the battlefield.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its ‘teaching’ is structural and contextual. It signals closure and frames the episode within the Jayadratha-slaying arc of the war, reminding the reader that battlefield actions are part of a larger chain of vows, retaliation, and dharmic tension.
The text is concluding a chapter: it states that, in the Mahābhārata’s Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-vadha section, the chapter dealing with Bhīma’s fighting has ended—identifying the chapter count as the 136th.