Shloka 86
Droṇa Interdicts Sātyaki; Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and Duel with Kṛtavarmā (द्रोण-निवारणम्, सात्यकि-प्रवेशः, कृतवर्म-युद्धम्)
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि संजयवाक्ये षडशीतितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें संजयवाक्यविषयक छियासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sañjayavākye ṣaḍaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि संजयवाक्ये षडशीतितमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches the importance of framing and accountability in narration—war events are preserved as structured testimony (Sañjaya’s words), reminding readers that actions in battle are recorded, evaluated, and remembered within a dharmic-historical lens.
The chapter concludes. The text signals that, within Droṇa Parva and the Jayadratha-slaying section, Sañjaya’s narration has completed the eighty-sixth chapter, formally closing that unit of the war account.