Shloka 139
Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि भीमकर्णयुद्धे एकोनचत्वारिंशदिधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi bhīmakarṇayuddhe ekonacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sañjaya said: “Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva, in the section concerning the slaying of Jayadratha, the chapter describing the battle between Bhīma and Karṇa—being the one-hundred-and-thirty-ninth chapter.” This is a formal colophon marking the close of a chapter, situating the narrative within the larger ethical and martial arc of the war, where vows, duty, and the consequences of violence are tracked with careful textual framing.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches the importance of textual and moral framing—war episodes are not isolated feats but are situated within vows, duties, and the unfolding consequences tracked across the epic’s structure.
The chapter concludes. The colophon identifies the larger book (Droṇa Parva), the sub-section focused on Jayadratha’s death, and specifies that this chapter concerned the combat between Bhīma and Karṇa, with Sañjaya as the narrator.