Shloka 89
अध्याय ९१ — शैनेयस्य गजानीकभेदनं जलसंधवधश्च
Chapter 91: Sātyaki breaks the elephant array and slays Jalasaṃdha
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि अर्जुनयुद्धे एकोननवतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi arjunayuddhe ekonanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sanjaya said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva, in the section concerning the slaying of Jayadratha, in the account of Arjuna’s battle, ends the eighty-ninth chapter. This closing colophon frames the events as part of a larger moral and historical tapestry: the war’s violence is narrated with formal order, marking responsibility, consequence, and the solemn progression of fate and duty.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches attentiveness to context—events of war are recorded within an ordered framework, reminding the reader that actions (like Jayadratha’s death and Arjuna’s combat) belong to a chain of duty, consequence, and moral reckoning.
The narrator marks the formal end of the eighty-ninth chapter within the Droṇa Parva, specifically within the Jayadratha-slaying section and the account of Arjuna’s fighting.