Shloka 104

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

Arrow-storm Engagement

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें संकुलयुद्धाविषयक एक सौ चारवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargataṃ jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhaviṣayaka ekaśatacaturadhikaśatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນ «ສີຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ» ພາຍໃນ «ດຣົນະປັຣວະ» ໂດຍສະເພາະໃນພາກ «ການສັງຫານຊະຍະດຣະຖະ» ບົດທີ 104 ອັນວ່າດ້ວຍສົງຄາມອັນສັບສົນວຸ່ນວາຍ ໄດ້ສິ້ນສຸດລົງ. ຖ້ອຍຄຳປິດທ້າຍນີ້ເນັ້ນຄວາມສັບສົນບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງຂອງສົງຄາມ ແລະວາງເລື່ອງເປັນບັນທຶກທາງທຳມະຂອງການກະທຳແລະຜົນຕາມມາ ໃນການຕໍ່ສູ້ອັນໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງແຫ່ງທຳມະ.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वकेin the Droṇa-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the Jayadratha-slaying sub-parvan

संकुलयुद्धविषयकःconcerning the confused/entangled battle

एकone

शतhundred

चतुर्थःfourth

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śrī Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha-vadha Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

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 battle narrative as a documented sequence within a dharmic conflict, emphasizing that war becomes 'saṅkula' (entangled/chaotic) and that events are to be understood in terms of moral causality and consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement for the 104th chapter of the Jayadratha-slaying section within the Droṇa Parva, indicating that the chapter focused on the confused, densely interwoven fighting and is now complete.