Shloka 195
इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणि अश्वृत्थामक्रो थे पजञ्चनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇi aśvatthāmakrodhe pañcanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Demikianlah berakhir, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata pada Droṇa Parva, bagian tentang pelepasan senjata Nārāyaṇa—yakni bab “Amarah Aśvatthāman”, bab ke-seratus sembilan puluh lima.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon highlights a key ethical warning of the episode: when anger becomes the motive force, even legitimate martial power can turn into destructive excess. The framing around the Nārāyaṇa weapon underscores that divine or extraordinary force demands restraint and right intention (dharma), not krodha.
This line is a concluding colophon marking the end of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva. It identifies the episode as the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa weapon and names the chapter’s theme as Aśvatthāman’s wrath, indicating that the preceding narrative centered on his anger and the unleashing of a formidable astric weapon.