Shloka 103
भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्
Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें दुर्योधन-पराजयविषयक एक सौ तीनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargataṃ jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi duryodhana-parājaya-viṣayaka eka-śata-trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि दुर्योधनपराजयविषयकः त्र्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it signals the ethical arc of the narrative: in war driven by adharma—especially arrogance and obstinacy—defeat becomes a natural consequence, and events unfold within a larger framework of dharma and destiny.
This is the formal closing line marking the end of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, within the Jayadratha-slaying episode, specifying that the chapter’s subject is Duryodhana’s defeat and that the chapter is now complete.