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Shloka 197

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणि धृष्टद्युम्नवाक्ये सप्तनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇi dhṛṣṭadyumnavākye saptanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ದ್ರೋಣಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ನಾರಾಯಣಾಸ್ತ್ರಮೋಕ್ಷಪರ್ವದೊಳಗೆ, ಧೃಷ್ಟದ್ಯುಮ್ನವಾಕ್ಯವೆನ್ನಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ನೂರ ತೊಂಬತ್ತೇಳನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

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

धृष्टद्युम्नवाक्येin (the passage of) Dhṛṣṭadyumna's speech

सप्तseven

नवतिninety

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

धष्टहुम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Nārāyaṇāstra

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

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?

Although this line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse, it points to the ethical gravity of deploying divine weapons in war: such power demands restraint and adherence to dharma, and the narrative marks this episode as a distinct moral and strategic turning point.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter within the Droṇa Parva, identifying the episode as the account of the Nārāyaṇa weapon’s release and attributing the chapter’s framing to Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s words.