Shloka 185

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि द्रोणवधपर्वणि द्रोणदुर्योधन भाषणे पज्चाशीत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत द्रोणवधपर्वमें द्रोणाचार्य और दुर्योधनका सम्भाषणविषयक एक सौ पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi droṇavadhaparvaṇi droṇaduryodhana-bhāṣaṇe pañcāśīty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | itthaṃ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata droṇavadhaparva meṃ droṇācārya aura duryodhana kā sambhāṣaṇa-viṣayaka eka sau pacāsīvāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Droṇa-Parva, im Abschnitt des Droṇa-vadha, das hundertfünfundachtzigste Kapitel, dessen Gegenstand das Gespräch zwischen Droṇācārya und Duryodhana ist. Damit ist das Kapitel ihres Dialogs abgeschlossen.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

द्रोणवधपर्वणिin the Droṇa-vadha sub-parvan

द्रोणदुर्योधनभाषणेin the discourse/conversation of Droṇa and Duryodhana

पञ्चाशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-eighty-fifth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa

Duryodhana

Droṇa Parva

Droṇa-vadha Parva (Droṇa-vadha section)

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 does not teach through a direct maxim; it frames the ethical tension of the episode by formally closing a dialogue between a commander-teacher (Droṇa) and a king (Duryodhana), reminding the reader that decisions in war are shaped by competing duties—loyalty, righteousness, and expediency.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending formula: Sañjaya signals that the chapter in the Droṇa Parva, within the Droṇa-vadha section, has concluded, and that its content centered on the exchange between Droṇa and Duryodhana.