Shloka 200

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वण्यश्वत्थामपराक्रमे द्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇy aśvatthāmaparākrame dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the section concerning the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa weapon—this concludes the two-hundredth chapter, describing Aśvatthāman’s fierce exertion in battle. The colophon frames the episode as a moral warning about the catastrophic consequences of unleashing divine weapons in anger and the escalating ethical collapse that follows when restraint is abandoned in war.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

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

अश्वत्थामपराक्रमेin (the account of) Ashvatthaman's prowess

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Nārāyaṇāstra

Aśvatthāman

Sandhi Notes