Shloka 197
इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणि धृष्टद्युम्नवाक्ये सप्तनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇi dhṛṣṭadyumnavākye saptanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के द्रोणपर्व में, नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्व के अंतर्गत, धृष्टद्युम्न के वचनों का वर्णन करने वाला एक सौ सत्तानबेवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
धष्टहुम्न उवाच
Educational Q&A
Although this line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse, it points to the ethical gravity of deploying divine weapons in war: such power demands restraint and adherence to dharma, and the narrative marks this episode as a distinct moral and strategic turning point.
The text is closing a chapter within the Droṇa Parva, identifying the episode as the account of the Nārāyaṇa weapon’s release and attributing the chapter’s framing to Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s words.