Shloka 187

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत द्रोणवधपर्वमें नकुलका युद्धाविषयक एक सौ सतासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata-droṇavadhaparvaṇi nakulasya yuddhaviṣayaka ekaśata-saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。かくして『シュリー・マハाभारata』のドローナ・パルヴァにおける、ドローナ討伐に関する小章のうち、「ナクーラの戦い」を述べる第百八十七章は終わる。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीvenerable; auspicious title

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वकेin the Droṇa-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

द्रोणवधपर्वणिin the Droṇa-slaying sub-parvan

नकुलस्यof Nakula

युद्धविषयकःconcerning the battle

एकशतसप्ताशीतितमःone-hundred-eighty-seventh (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcompletion; end

अभवत्was; became; came to an end

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Mahabharata

Drona Parva

Drona-vadha-parvan

Nakula

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?

This is a colophon-style closing line rather than a doctrinal verse. Its implicit lesson is about disciplined narration and accountability: even amid chaotic war and ethically fraught acts (like the impending slaying of Droṇa), the tradition frames events carefully, marking sections and conclusions to preserve clarity and responsibility in recounting history.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally concludes the 187th chapter, identified as dealing with Nakula’s battle, and situates it within the larger Droṇa Parva and specifically within the sub-section on Droṇa’s death. It signals a transition to the next unit of the war narrative.