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Shloka 194

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रप्रश्ने चतुर्नवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭrapraśne catur-navaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

هكذا ينتهي الفصل الرابع والتسعون بعد المئة في درونا بارفا من الشري مهابهاراتا، ضمن القسم المتعلق بإطلاق سلاح نارايانا، الوارد في سياق سؤال دِهْرِتَرَاشْتْرَا.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa-weapon

धृतराष्ट्रप्रश्नेin (the topic of) Dhṛtarāṣṭra's question

चतुर्नवत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-ninety-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Nārāyaṇāstra

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse itself does not teach a doctrine directly; it frames the episode as arising from Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s questioning, highlighting a key ethical lens of the Mahābhārata: rulers must inquire into causes and consequences, and war—especially involving divine weapons—demands accountability, restraint, and reflection on dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the formal end of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, specifically within the section describing the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa weapon. It also notes that the narration is situated as a response to Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s inquiry, a recurring frame in which the blind king seeks to understand events unfolding in the Kurukṣetra war.