Shloka 177

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धेडलायु धयुद्धे सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhe ḍalāyudhayuddhe saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the section on the slaying of Ghaṭotkaca—during the night-battle and the encounter involving Ḍalāyudha, ends the one-hundred-and-seventy-seventh chapter. This is a colophon marking the close of a narrative unit, underscoring the grim moral weight of nocturnal warfare and the climactic consequences of Ghaṭotkaca’s death for the course of the war.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Drona Parva
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि: in the section (sub-parva) on the slaying of Ghatotkacha
• घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कचवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रात्रियुद्धे: in the night-battle
• रात्रियुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रियुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अलायुधयुद्धे: in the battle with Alayudha
• अलायुधयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलायुधयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तत्यधिक: seventy-plus; exceeding seventy
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तति-अधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Ghaṭotkaca
• Ḍalāyudha
• Rātriyuddha (night-battle)