Shloka 99

द्रोणेन केकय-चेदि-वीरवधः

Droṇa’s engagements with the Kekayas and Cedis

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि विन्दानुविन्दवधे अर्जुनसरोनिर्माणे च एकोनशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi vindānuvindavadhe arjunasaronirmāṇe ca ekonaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ದ್ರೋಣಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ಜಯದ್ರಥವಧಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ವಿಂದಾನು ವಿಂದವಧ ಮತ್ತು ಅರ್ಜುನಸரோನಿರ್ಮಾಣವನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡ ಏಕೋನಶತತಮೋऽಧ್ಯಾಯಃ ಸಮಾಪ್ತಃ.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Jayadratha

विन्दानुविन्दवधेin (the episode of) the killing of Vinda and Anuvinda

अर्जुनसरोनिर्माणेin (the episode of) the making of Arjuna's lake

चand

एकोनशततमःthe one-hundred-minus-one (i.e., ninety-ninth)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Droṇa

Jayadratha

Vinda

Anuvinda

Arjuna

Mahābhārata

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical gravity of the war by naming decisive acts—retaliation, strategic prowess, and the relentless consequences of vows and enmity—reminding the reader that major outcomes in the epic arise from choices bound to dharma, duty, and prior actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing line of the chapter: it situates the chapter within Droṇa Parva and the Jayadratha-slaying section, and it summarizes key events covered—Vinda and Anuvinda being slain and Arjuna producing a ‘lake’ through his arrows—before marking the chapter’s end.