Shloka 200
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वण्यश्वत्थामपराक्रमे द्विशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇy aśvatthāmaparākrame dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sañjaya said: Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Droṇa Parva—specifically in the section concerning the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa weapon—this concludes the two-hundredth chapter, describing Aśvatthāman’s fierce exertion in battle. The colophon frames the episode as a moral warning about the catastrophic consequences of unleashing divine weapons in anger and the escalating ethical collapse that follows when restraint is abandoned in war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in war, the use of overwhelming or divine force demands restraint and moral accountability; when anger and pride drive the release of such weapons, violence escalates beyond proportion and corrodes dharma.
This is a concluding colophon: it marks the end of the 200th chapter in Droṇa Parva, identifying the episode as the account of the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa weapon and highlighting Aśvatthāman’s aggressive prowess within that section.