Shloka 119
जयद्रथवधः — The Slaying of Jayadratha
Sunset Vow and Curse-Condition
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि सात्यकिप्रवेशे यवनपराजये एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyakipraveśe yavanaparājaye ekonaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ದ್ರೋಣಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ಜಯದ್ರಥವಧಪರ್ವದ ಅಂತರಂಗವಾಗಿ, ಸಾತ್ಯಕಿಪ್ರವೇಶ ಮತ್ತು ಯವನಪರಾಜಯವನ್ನು ವರ್ಣಿಸುವ ನೂರ ಹತ್ತೊಂಬತ್ತನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical landscape of the episode: in war, decisive action taken for a vowed objective (the campaign culminating in Jayadratha’s death) demands steadfast loyalty and strategic resolve, while reminding the listener that each violent success is embedded in a larger chain of consequences.
This is the closing colophon of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva. It identifies the chapter’s placement within the Jayadratha-slaying narrative arc and names its immediate focus: Sātyaki’s forceful entry into the battle and the defeat of the Yavana contingent.