Shloka 150
भीमसेन–अलायुधयुद्धम् / Bhīmasena and Alāyudha: Night Engagement and Command Responses
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि दुर्योधनानुतापे पजञ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi duryodhanānutāpe pañcāśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically the section on the slaying of Jayadratha—this concludes the chapter titled “Duryodhana’s Remorse,” the one-hundred-and-fiftieth chapter. The line functions as a colophon, marking the end of a narrative unit that frames the moral and emotional fallout of war: Duryodhana’s inner turmoil after catastrophic losses, set against the relentless momentum of battlefield duty and vengeance.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when one pursues victory through force and strategy, war inevitably produces moral and psychological consequences. The chapter-title “Duryodhana’s Remorse” highlights how attachment to power and hatred can culminate in anguish, revealing the ethical cost of adharma-driven ambition.
This line is a concluding colophon. It signals that the text has finished a chapter within Droṇa Parva, in the Jayadratha-slaying section, specifically the chapter themed around Duryodhana’s remorse/anguish, numbered as the 150th.