Shloka 189

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि द्रोणवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे एकोननवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi droṇavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe ekonanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Droṇa-Parva—genauer im Abschnitt über die Tötung Droṇas—das einhunderteinundneunzigste Kapitel, das die verworrene, ineinander verstrickte Schlacht schildert. Dieses Kolophon markiert einen Übergang der Erzählung und mahnt den Hörer, dass die sittliche Ordnung des Krieges unter dem Druck der Ereignisse ins Wanken gerät und im Chaos versinkt, während der Kampf um Droṇas Fall sich zuspitzt.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the holy Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

द्रोणवधपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan concerning the slaying of Drona

संकुलयुद्धेin the confused/chaotic battle

एकोननवत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-ninety-first (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Droṇavadha-parvan (section on Droṇa’s slaying)

Saṅkula-yuddha (the chaotic/entangled 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?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical atmosphere of the narrative: the war has entered a phase of saṅkula (confusion and entanglement), signaling how adharma-like conditions can arise when conflict escalates around pivotal figures such as Droṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a formal closing marker for the chapter: it identifies the larger book (Mahābhārata), the parva (Droṇa Parva), the sub-section (Droṇa’s slaying), and the chapter number (191), indicating the end of that chapter’s account of the chaotic battle.