Shloka 200

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वमें अश्वत्थामाका पराक्रमविषयक दो सौवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata-nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇi aśvatthāmāka-parākramaviṣayaka dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Sanjaya sprach: So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Droṇa Parva — genauer in dem Abschnitt über das Entfesseln (und die Beilegung) der Nārāyaṇa-Waffe — das zweihundertste Kapitel, das von Aśvatthāmās Tapferkeit handelt. Diese kolophonartige Schlussformel setzt eine formale Zäsur im Kriegsgeschehen und hebt die Schwere göttlicher Waffen sowie die ethische Last hervor, die auf ihren Trägern ruht.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीglory; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वकेin the Droṇa-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणिin the chapter/section on the release of the Nārāyaṇa-weapon

अश्वत्थाम्नःof Aśvatthāman

पराक्रमविषयकconcerning valor

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śrī Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Nārāyaṇāstra

Aśvatthāmā

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 chapter-ending colophon, the verse underscores the ethical seriousness of divine weaponry and heroic power: extraordinary force (parākrama) and celestial weapons are not merely feats of strength but carry moral consequences, requiring restraint and discernment within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya formally signals the completion of the two-hundredth chapter within Droṇa Parva, identifying its subject as Aśvatthāmā’s prowess and situating it in the episode connected with the Nārāyaṇa weapon’s discharge/resolution.