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Shloka 169

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे संकुलयुद्धे एकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhe saṅkulayuddhe ekonasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» المباركة، ضمن «دروṇa پرفا»—وخاصة في فصل مقتل غهاṭوتكچا—أثناء قتال الليل والاشتباك المتشابك المضطرب، تنتهي هنا الفصل التاسع والستون بعد المئة. وهذه الخاتمة تُعلن إغلاق وحدةٍ سردية تُؤطِّر ظلمةَ الأخلاق في حرب الليل، حيث يُمتحَن النظامُ وحُسنُ التمييز وسط الفوضى وتصاعد العنف.

इतिthus; end-quote marker
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata
श्रीमहाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan
द्रोणपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोणपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
घटोत्कचवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Ghaṭotkaca
घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootघटोत्कचवधपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
रात्रियुद्धेin the night-battle
रात्रियुद्धे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रियुद्ध
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
संकुलयुद्धेin the confused/chaotic battle
संकुलयुद्धे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंकुलयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
एकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth (chapter)
एकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootएकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

M
Mahābhārata
D
Droṇa Parvan
G
Ghaṭotkaca
G
Ghaṭotkaca-vadha-parvan
R
rātri-yuddha (night battle)
S
saṅkula-yuddha (confused melee)

Educational Q&A

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode ethically by highlighting 'night-battle' and 'confused melee,' suggesting how warfare can descend into conditions where dharmic clarity is difficult to maintain and moral restraint is tested.

This is the closing marker of the chapter: it states that the 169th chapter ends within the Droṇa Parvan, in the sub-section dealing with Ghaṭotkaca’s death, set amid the night fighting and the chaotic, entangled combat.