Shloka 186

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि द्रोणवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे षडशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi droṇavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe ṣaḍaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Droṇa-Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt über die Tötung Droṇas—während der Episode der verworrenen, dicht ineinander verschlungenen Schlacht das hundertsechsundachtzigste Kapitel. Dies ist das Kolophon, das den Abschluss eines Kapitels mitten im moralischen und strategischen Aufruhr des Krieges bezeichnet, da Pflicht, List und der Preis des Sieges schwer auf den Kämpfern lasten.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

द्रोणवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Droṇa

संकुलयुद्धेin the confused/chaotic battle

षडशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-eighty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Droṇavadha (slaying of Droṇa)

Saṅkula-yuddha (confused battle)

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?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it frames the ethical weight of the surrounding narrative by formally situating it in the Droṇa-killing episode amid a chaotic battle, reminding the reader that the events occur within a larger moral inquiry into dharma under the pressures of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the end of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, within the Droṇavadha section, during the saṅkula (confused, tightly interwoven) fighting. It functions as a structural closure rather than direct speech content.