Shloka 83
द्रोणेन सात्यकिपीडनम् — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Charge to Sātyaki amid Droṇa’s Onslaught
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि श्रीकृष्णवाक्ये ऋ%यशीतितमो<ध्याय: ।। ८३ ।। इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत प्रतिज्ञापर्वमें श्रीकृष्णवाक्यविषयक तिरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi pratijñāparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇavākye pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 83 ||
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva, in the section called the Pratijñā Parva, the eighty-fifth chapter—centered on the words of Śrī Kṛṣṇa—comes to an end. (This is the chapter-colophon marking the completion of the adhyāya.)
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals the completion of a chapter framed around Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s words within the Pratijñā (vow) episode. Its ethical emphasis is indirect—highlighting the narrative importance of vows and counsel in the conduct of war.
The text is marking closure: it announces that the eighty-fifth chapter of the Droṇa Parva—classified under the Pratijñā Parva and themed as ‘Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s discourse’—has concluded.