Shloka 198
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वमें धृष्टदुम्न और सात्यकिका क्रोधविषयक एक सौ अद्ठदानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata-nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇi dhṛṣṭadyumna-sātyakyoḥ krodhaviṣayaka ekaśatāṣṭanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-eighth chapter of the Drona Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section on the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa weapon—dealing with the wrath of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Sātyaki. The closing formula marks a transition: the narrative pauses to frame the ethical weight of anger in war and to signal the completion of this unit before the next movement of events.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a war narrative, the text highlights krodha (anger) as a morally charged force: it can drive heroic action but also threatens discernment and dharma. The chapter-ending notice foregrounds this ethical theme as the subject of the episode.
This is a colophon-style closing line: Sañjaya signals that the chapter within Droṇa Parva—under the episode concerning the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa weapon—has concluded, and that its focus was the anger of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Sātyaki.