Shloka 139

सहदेव-राधेय-संग्रामः; शल्य-प्रभावः; अलम्बुस-निवर्तनम्

Sahadeva and Karṇa; Śalya’s pressure; Alambusa’s interception

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें भीमसेन और कर्णका युद्धविषयक एक सौ उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Droṇaparvake antargataṃ Jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi Bhīmasena-karṇayor yuddhaviṣayakaḥ ekaśata-unatāliśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତ ଦ୍ରୋଣପର୍ବର ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଜୟଦ୍ରଥବଧପର୍ବରେ ଭୀମସେନ ଓ କର୍ଣ୍ଣଙ୍କ ଯୁଦ୍ଧବିଷୟକ ଏକଶେ ଉଣଚାଳିଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वकेin the Droṇa-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the Jayadratha-slaying sub-parvan

भीमसेनof Bhīmasena

कर्णof Karṇa

युद्धविषयकconcerning the battle

एकone

शतम्hundred

उनचत्वारिंशत्तमःone-hundred-thirty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha-vadha-parva

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Karṇa

Jayadratha

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?

This concluding colophon highlights how the epic frames warfare within a moral architecture: battles are narrated as parts of a larger dharmic crisis, where personal prowess, vows, and loyalties produce consequences that extend beyond the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a chapter-ending statement (colophon) by Sañjaya indicating that the chapter describing the combat between Bhīmasena and Karṇa—within the Jayadratha-slaying section of Droṇa Parva—has finished.