Shloka 85

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय ८७: सात्यकेरनुयात्रा

Sātyaki’s resolve and departure to reach Arjuna

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये पज्चाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭravākye pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parvan—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Jayadratha—ends the eighty-fifth chapter, presented as the words of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. This colophon marks a narrative transition, framing the account of a pivotal wartime act and its moral weight within the larger epic structure.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the holy Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Drona Parva
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जयद्रथवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the slaying of Jayadratha
• जयद्रथवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये: in the words/speech of Dhritarashtra
• धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्रवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चाशीतितमः: eighty-fifth
• पञ्चाशीतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Jayadratha
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra