Shloka 180
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत घटोत्कचवधपर्वमें यात्रियुद्धके समय घटोत्कचका वध होनेपर श्रीकृष्णका हर्षविषयक एक सौ अस्सीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Droṇaparvaṇi antar-gate Ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi yātriyuddhasamaye Ghaṭotkacasya vadhe jāte Śrīkṛṣṇasya harṣaviṣayaka ekaśata-aśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ দ্ৰোণপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত ঘটোৎকচবধপৰ্বত, যাত্ৰিযুদ্ধৰ সময়ত ঘটোৎকচ বধ হোৱাৰ পাছত, শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণৰ হর্ষবিষয়ক একশ আশিতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
श्रीवायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon highlights the moral complexity of dharma in war: emotions like relief or joy can arise not from cruelty but from recognizing that a dangerous force has been neutralized, potentially preventing wider destruction. It points to the Mahābhārata’s recurring theme that righteous action in conflict often involves tragic trade-offs rather than pure triumph.
This is a concluding notice (colophon) stating that, within Droṇa Parva and the Ghaṭotkaca-slaying section, the chapter ends at the point where Ghaṭotkaca is killed during a moving battle, and the chapter’s focus includes Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s reaction of joy/relief.