Shloka 97

अध्याय ९९ — युयुधान-दुःशासन-युद्धम्

Chapter 99: Sātyaki and Duḥśāsana’s engagement

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि द्रोणधृष्टझुम्नयुद्धे सप्तनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi droṇadhṛṣṭadyumnayuddhe saptanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଦ୍ରୋଣପର୍ବରେ, ଜୟଦ୍ରଥବଧପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଦ୍ରୋଣ-ଧୃଷ୍ଟଦ୍ୟୁମ୍ନ-ଯୁଦ୍ଧବର୍ଣ୍ଣନରେ ସତାନବେଁ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Droṇa-parvan (Book of Droṇa)
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जयद्रथवधपर्वणि: in the Jayadratha-slaying sub-parvan
• जयद्रथवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणधृष्टद्युम्नयुद्धे: in the battle between Droṇa and Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• द्रोणधृष्टद्युम्नयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणधृष्टद्युम्नयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तनवतितमः: the ninety-seventh
• सप्तनवतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तनवति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Jayadratha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches how the Mahābhārata frames events within nested narrative units (parva, sub-parva, battle episode). Ethically, such framing reminds the reader that acts of war are not isolated—each episode belongs to a larger chain of causes, vows, and responsibilities that the epic evaluates through the lens of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, specifically within the Jayadratha-slaying section, and within the account of the combat between Droṇa and Dhṛṣṭadyumna. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker: “here ends the ninety-seventh chapter,” helping locate the reader in the unfolding Kurukṣetra war narrative.