Shloka 189

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि द्रोणवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे एकोननवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi droṇavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe ekonanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the section on the slaying of Droṇa—ends the one-hundred-and-ninety-first chapter, describing the confused and entangled battle. This colophon marks a turn in the narration, reminding the listener that the war’s moral order has grown strained and chaotic as the struggle tightens around Droṇa’s fall.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the holy Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Drona Parva
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणवधपर्वणि: in the (sub-)parvan concerning the slaying of Drona
• द्रोणवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संकुलयुद्धे: in the confused/chaotic battle
• संकुलयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकुलयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोननवत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-ninety-first (chapter)
• एकोननवत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोननवत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Droṇavadha-parvan (section on Droṇa’s slaying)
• Saṅkula-yuddha (the chaotic/entangled battle)