Shloka 184

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्माभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत द्रोणवधपर्वमें रात्रियुद्धके समय सेनाका निद्राविषयक एक सौ चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Droṇaparvaṇi antargate Droṇavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhasamaye senāyā nidrāviṣayakaḥ ekaśata-caturaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

قال سنجيا: هكذا، في «المهابهارتا» الشريفة، ضمن «دروṇa پرفا»—وخاصة في قسم «مقتل دروṇa»—وفي زمن القتال الليلي، اختُتم الفصل الرابع والثمانون بعد المئة، المتعلق بحال نوم الجيش.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the (holy) Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वकेin the Drona-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

द्रोणवधपर्वणिin the Drona-slaying sub-parvan

रात्रियुद्धकेat the time of the night-battle

समयेat the time

सेनायाःof the army

निद्राविषयकconcerning sleep

एकone

शतhundred

चतुराशीतितमःeighty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Droṇavadha Parva

night battle (rātriyuddha)

army (senā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-ending colophon, it highlights a key ethical lens of the epic: war is not only a contest of valor but also a test of restraint and righteousness, and in night fighting especially, fatigue and sleep can erode vigilance and amplify morally fraught actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the conclusion of the 184th chapter within Droṇa Parva’s Droṇavadha section, situating the events during the night-battle and indicating that the chapter’s focus concerns the army’s sleep or slumber at that time.