Shloka 171
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्माभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत घटोत्कचवधपर्वमें रात्रियुद्धके प्रसंगमें संकुलयुद्धविषयक एक सौ इकहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Droṇaparvaṇi antargate Ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhaprasaṅge saṅkulayuddhaviṣayaka ekaśataikāsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
サンジャヤは言った。かくして『聖マハーバーラタ』のドローナ・パルヴァのうち、とりわけガトートカチャ殺害の章において、夜戦のくだりに語られる、混乱し密集した近接戦闘を扱う第百七十一章は終わった。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but signals a moral and narrative intensification: the shift to night fighting highlights how war can erode clarity and restraint, producing saṅkula (confusion and congestion) where ethical discernment becomes harder to maintain.
Sañjaya closes the chapter by stating that the 171st adhyāya—set in the context of the night battle and the Ghaṭotkaca-slaying episode within Droṇa Parva—has ended. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker of section and chapter completion.