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Shloka 176

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धेडलायु धयुद्धे षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhe ḍalāyudhāyuddhe ṣaṭsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के द्रोणपर्व के घटोत्कचवधपर्व में रात्रियुद्ध तथा डलायुध-युद्ध-विषयक एक सौ छिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan (book/section)

घटोत्कचवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Ghaṭotkaca

रात्रियुद्धेin the night-battle

डलायुin/at Dalāyu (proper name; reading uncertain)

धयुद्धेin the battle (reading uncertain due to corruption)

षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred seventy-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Ghaṭotkaca

Ḍ

Ḍalāyudha

Rātriyuddha (night-battle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical atmosphere of the episode by highlighting that the conflict has entered rātriyuddha (night-fighting), a setting that traditionally intensifies moral ambiguity and the sense of tragic inevitability in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line signals the end of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, within the Ghaṭotkaca-slaying section, identifying the chapter’s thematic focus as the night-battle and a specific combat associated with Ḍalāyudha.