Shloka 193
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वण्यश्रवृत्थामक्रो थे त्रिनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇy aśvatthāmakrodhe trinavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva, the section concerning the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa weapon—namely, the one-hundred-and-ninety-third chapter, describing Aśvatthāmā’s wrath.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in war, uncontrolled anger and the use of overwhelming divine force signal a collapse of restraint; the colophon highlights that Aśvatthāman’s wrath becomes the moral driver of the episode, warning how passion can push conflict beyond dharmic limits.
This line functions as a chapter-ending colophon: it closes a section of the Droṇa Parva focused on the release of the Nārāyaṇa weapon and identifies the chapter’s theme as Aśvatthāman’s anger, marking a transition to the next narrative unit.