Shloka 200

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वण्यश्वत्थामपराक्रमे द्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇy aśvatthāmaparākrame dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「かくして『聖マハーバーラタ』の『ドローナ篇』において—とりわけ『ナーラーヤナ武器（ナラーヤナ・アストラ）放出』を語る段にて—アシュヴァッターマンの激烈なる奮戦を述べた第二百章は、ここに終わる。章末の詞（コロフォン）は、この出来事を法（ダルマ）の警めとして示す。すなわち、怒りに任せて神授の武器を放てば破滅的な禍を招き、戦において自制が捨てられるとき、倫理の崩壊は加速度的に深まってゆくのである。」

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the discharge of the Narayana-weapon

अश्वत्थामपराक्रमेin (the account of) Ashvatthaman's prowess

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Nārāyaṇāstra

Aśvatthāman

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, the use of overwhelming or divine force demands restraint and moral accountability; when anger and pride drive the release of such weapons, violence escalates beyond proportion and corrodes dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon: it marks the end of the 200th chapter in Droṇa Parva, identifying the episode as the account of the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa weapon and highlighting Aśvatthāman’s aggressive prowess within that section.