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 said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the section concerning the discharge (and resolution) of the Nārāyaṇa weapon—the two-hundredth chapter, dealing with Aśvatthāmā’s prowess, is concluded. This colophon-like statement marks a formal pause in the war narrative, emphasizing the gravity of divine weaponry and the ethical weight borne by those who wield it.

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

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes