Shloka 181

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे कृष्णवाक्ये एकाशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhe kṛṣṇavākye ekāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

かくして『聖マハーバーラタ』の『ドローナ篇』、とりわけ「ガトートカチャ殺し」の章において、夜戦のさなか「クリシュナの言葉」と呼ばれる章、すなわち第百八十一章は終わる。この奥書は、助言と策謀が前面に押し出され、暴力が激化してゆく夜の戦いにおける、道義的に重い転機としてこの場面を位置づけている。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the venerable/auspicious (work)

महाgreat

भारतेin the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan (book/section)

घटोत्कचवधपर्वणिin the section on the slaying of Ghaṭotkaca

रात्रियुद्धेin the night-battle

कृष्णवाक्येin (the subsection titled) 'Kṛṣṇa's words/speech'

एकाशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-eighty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Ghaṭotkaca

Kṛṣṇa

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?

The colophon highlights that decisive counsel (Kṛṣṇa’s guidance) operates within morally fraught wartime conditions—especially the night-battle—where dharma is tested by necessity, strategy, and the urgency to protect one’s side.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter marker stating that the 181st chapter concludes within Droṇa Parva, in the episode concerning Ghaṭotkaca’s death, set during the night-battle and associated with Kṛṣṇa’s speech.