Shloka 185
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि द्रोणवधपर्वणि द्रोणदुर्योधन भाषणे पज्चाशीत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत द्रोणवधपर्वमें द्रोणाचार्य और दुर्योधनका सम्भाषणविषयक एक सौ पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi droṇavadhaparvaṇi droṇaduryodhana-bhāṣaṇe pañcāśīty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | itthaṃ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata droṇavadhaparva meṃ droṇācārya aura duryodhana kā sambhāṣaṇa-viṣayaka eka sau pacāsīvāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Droṇa—ends the one-hundred-and-eighty-fifth chapter, whose subject is the discourse between Droṇācārya and Duryodhana. In this way, the chapter is concluded, marking a formal close to their dialogue in the unfolding moral crisis of the war, where loyalty, duty, and strategy collide.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through a direct maxim; it frames the ethical tension of the episode by formally closing a dialogue between a commander-teacher (Droṇa) and a king (Duryodhana), reminding the reader that decisions in war are shaped by competing duties—loyalty, righteousness, and expediency.
This is the chapter-ending formula: Sañjaya signals that the chapter in the Droṇa Parva, within the Droṇa-vadha section, has concluded, and that its content centered on the exchange between Droṇa and Duryodhana.