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Shloka 179

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे घटोत्कचवधे एकोनाशीत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत घटोत्कचवधपर्वमें रात्रियुद्धके समय घटोत्कचका वधविषयक एक सौ उन्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhe ghaṭotkacavadhe ekonāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

サञ्जयは結ぶ。「かくして『聖マハーバーラタ』のドローナ・パルヴァにおいて、ガトートカチャ殺害の章段に属する、夜戦とガトートカチャの討死を述べた第百七十九章はここに完了する。」

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the holy Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona-parvan

घटोत्कचवधपर्वणिin the Ghatotkaca-slaying sub-parvan

रात्रियुद्धेin the night-battle

घटोत्कचवधेin (the episode of) the slaying of Ghatotkaca

एकोनाशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-seventy-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Ghaṭotkaca

Rātriyuddha (night-battle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical atmosphere of the episode: night warfare and the use of extraordinary means reveal how dharma is pressured and reinterpreted under extreme conflict, reminding readers to notice the moral cost of victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya formally closes the chapter, stating that the 179th adhyāya of the Droṇa Parva—within the Ghaṭotkaca-slaying episode—has ended, specifically the portion describing the night-battle and Ghaṭotkaca’s death.