Shloka 159
अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa
Chapter 161
इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे दुर्योधनवाक्ये एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhe duryodhanavākye ekonaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के द्रोणपर्व में, घटोत्कचवधपर्व के अंतर्गत, रात्रियुद्ध प्रसंग में दुर्योधन के वचनों सहित एक सौ इकसठवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a moral injunction: it frames the episode within the epic’s structure, reminding the reader that the night-battle and Ghaṭotkaca’s death are pivotal narrative moments where strategy, desperation, and the ethical strain of warfare intensify.
The text is closing/marking the chapter in the Droṇa Parva during the night-fighting sequence, in the subsection dealing with Ghaṭotkaca’s slaying, and it identifies the preceding passage as Duryodhana’s words.