Shloka 195
इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणि अश्वृत्थामक्रो थे पजञ्चनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇi aśvatthāmakrodhe pañcanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva, the section concerning the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa weapon—namely, the chapter on Aśvatthāman’s wrath, the one hundred and ninety-fifth chapter. This colophon frames the episode as a moral turning-point: a catastrophic divine weapon is invoked through anger, and the narrative signals the ethical peril of letting wrath govern one’s use of power in war.
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.