Shloka 189

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि द्रोणवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे एकोननवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi droṇavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe ekonanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

かくして『聖なるマハーバーラタ』の「ドローナ・パルヴァ」—とりわけ「ドローナ討伐の章」—において、錯綜し絡み合う戦いを語る第百九十一章はここに終わる。この結語は物語の転換を示し、ドローナの没落をめぐって戦が激化するにつれ、戦の道徳的秩序が引き裂かれ、混沌へ傾いてゆくことを聴き手に思い起こさせる。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the holy Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

द्रोणवधपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan concerning the slaying of Drona

संकुलयुद्धेin the confused/chaotic battle

एकोननवत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-ninety-first (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Droṇavadha-parvan (section on Droṇa’s slaying)

Saṅkula-yuddha (the chaotic/entangled battle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

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 narrative: the war has entered a phase of saṅkula (confusion and entanglement), signaling how adharma-like conditions can arise when conflict escalates around pivotal figures such as Droṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a formal closing marker for the chapter: it identifies the larger book (Mahābhārata), the parva (Droṇa Parva), the sub-section (Droṇa’s slaying), and the chapter number (191), indicating the end of that chapter’s account of the chaotic battle.