Shloka 136
अन्धकार-रजःसंमूढे रणाङ्गणे प्रदीपप्रकाशः | Illumination of the Army in Darkness and Dust
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि भीमयुद्धे षट्त्रिंयधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi bhīmayuddhe ṣaṭtriṁśyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』ドローナ・パルヴァ、ことに「ジャヤドラタ討伐」の段において、ビーマの関わる戦いを述べる第百三十六章は終わる。この跋文は一つの物語単位の結びを示し、誓願、報復、そして戦場で増幅してゆく暴力の帰結という、戦の大きな倫理枠の中にこの出来事を位置づける。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its ‘teaching’ is structural and contextual. It signals closure and frames the episode within the Jayadratha-slaying arc of the war, reminding the reader that battlefield actions are part of a larger chain of vows, retaliation, and dharmic tension.
The text is concluding a chapter: it states that, in the Mahābhārata’s Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-vadha section, the chapter dealing with Bhīma’s fighting has ended—identifying the chapter count as the 136th.