Shloka 190

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि द्रोणवधपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरासत्यक थने नवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi droṇavadhaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirāsatyakathane navatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ದ್ರೋಣಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ದ್ರೋಣವಧಪರ್ವದ ಒಳಗೆ, ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನ ಅಸತ್ಯಕಥನವನ್ನು ವರ್ಣಿಸುವ ನೂರ ತೊಂಬತ್ತನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Droṇa-parvan (book/section)
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणवधपर्वणि: in the Droṇa-slaying sub-parvan
• द्रोणवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरासत्यकथने: in the narration of Yudhiṣṭhira's untruth
• युधिष्ठिरासत्यकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिरासत्यकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नवत्यधिकशततमः: one hundred and ninetieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Droṇavadha Parva
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Droṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights the ethical rupture caused by war: even a ruler devoted to truth can be pushed into compromised speech for strategic ends, and such deviation from satya carries moral weight. It underscores that dharma in conflict is complex, and choices made under pressure leave enduring consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon for the chapter that narrates Yudhiṣṭhira’s ‘asatya’ (untruth) in the context of the events leading to Droṇa’s fall. It signals the end of that chapter within the Droṇa Parva’s Droṇavadha section.