Mahabharata 7.116.114 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 114
Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)
इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि सात्यकिप्रवेशे कृतवर्मपराक्रमे चतुर्दशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyakipraveśe kṛtavarmaparākrame caturdaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Assim, no venerável Mahābhārata, dentro do Droṇa Parva—na seção sobre a morte de Jayadratha—conclui-se o capítulo cento e quatorze, que descreve a entrada de Sātyaki na batalha e os feitos valorosos de Kṛtavarman.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode’s ethical stakes: in war, personal loyalty and martial duty (kṣatriya-dharma) drive decisive action, yet heroism and strategy unfold within a tragic moral landscape where every advance intensifies suffering and accountability.
The verse marks the close of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, specifically within the Jayadratha-slaying arc. It signals that the chapter has narrated Sātyaki’s forceful entry/advance into the fighting and has highlighted Kṛtavarman’s feats of valor.
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