Shloka 202

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणि द्वायधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत नारायणास्त्रगोक्षपर्वमें दो सौ दोवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇi dvāyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Droṇa Parva, im Abschnitt über die Entfesselung der Nārāyaṇa-Waffe, das zweihundertzweite Kapitel. (Dies ist ein Kolophon, das den Abschluss des Kapitels markiert und die Erzählung in den ethischen und kriegerischen Rahmen des Krieges einordnet.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the discharge/release of the Narayana-weapon

द्विtwo

अधिकmore; additional

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Nārāyaṇāstra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes textual order and accountability—locating events precisely within the epic’s structure. In ethical terms, it frames the preceding narrative about a divine weapon within the Mahābhārata’s larger inquiry into dharma amid war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker (Sañjaya) signals the close of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, specifically the section dealing with the release of the Nārāyaṇa weapon. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker that the chapter’s account has ended.