Shloka 97
Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ
Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें द्रोणाचार्य और धृष्ट्युम्नका युद्धविषयक सत्तानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Droṇaparvake antargataṁ Jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi Droṇācārya-Dhṛṣṭadyumnayoḥ yuddhaviṣayakaḥ saptānavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि द्रोणधृष्टद्युम्नयुद्धवर्णने सप्तनवतितमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon-like closing, the verse chiefly teaches attentiveness to narrative structure and moral gravity: the war’s episodes are formally concluded, reminding the listener that each martial encounter carries ethical consequence and advances an inexorable chain of duty, choice, and retribution.
Sanjaya signals the completion of the ninety-seventh chapter in the Drona Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying section, specifically the portion describing the battle between Droṇācārya and Dhṛṣṭadyumna.