Shloka 200

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वण्यश्वत्थामपराक्रमे द्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇy aśvatthāmaparākrame dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ದ್ರೋಣಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ನಾರಾಯಣಾಸ್ತ್ರಮೋಕ್ಷಪರ್ವದೊಳಗೆ, ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮನ ಪರಾಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ವರ್ಣಿಸುವ ದ್ವಿಶತತಮ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು।

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.