Shloka 127

Droṇa Encircled at Night: Coalition Advance and Battlefield Omens (द्रोणपर्यावरणं रात्रियुद्धवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि भीमसेनप्रवेशे भीमपराक्रमे सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi bhīmasenapraveśe bhīmaparākrame saptaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ದ್ರೋಣಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಯದ್ರಥವಧಪರ್ವಾಂತರ್ಗತವಾಗಿ ಭೀಮಸೇನಪ್ರವೇಶ ಮತ್ತು ಭೀಮಪರಾಕ್ರಮವರ್ಣನೆಯ ನೂರ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೇಳನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाin the great (work)

भारतेin the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the sub-parvan (section) of the slaying of Jayadratha

भीमसेनप्रवेशेin (the episode of) Bhīmasena's entry

भीमपराक्रमेin (the account of) Bhīma's prowess

सप्तविंशतिtwenty-seven

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

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 atmosphere of the epic: war is narrated as a field where dharma is contested through action, and where valor (parākrama) is repeatedly measured against duty, loyalty, and the consequences of vengeance.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter marker stating that the account belongs to the Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying episode, and that the chapter’s focus has been Bhīmasena’s entry/advance and Bhīma’s heroic deeds. It signals closure of the chapter and situates the reader within the larger war narrative.