Mahabharata 7.177.175 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 177, Shloka 175
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे कर्णघटोत्कचयुद्धि पडज्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhe karṇa-ghaṭotkacayuddhe pañcasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
ഇതി ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ദ്രോണപർവ്വാന്തർഗതമായ ഘടോത്കചവധപർവ്വത്തിൽ, രാത്രിയുദ്ധപ്രസംഗത്തിൽ, കർണ-ഘടോത്കചയുദ്ധവിഷയകമായ നൂറ്റി എഴുപത്തിയഞ്ചാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।
संजय उवाच
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As a colophon, the verse primarily signals closure rather than giving a direct moral maxim; yet it frames the episode as part of the night-battle and the Ghaṭotkaca-killing narrative, implicitly highlighting how war can erode customary restraints and push combatants toward extreme measures for victory.
Sañjaya concludes the chapter: within Droṇa Parva’s Ghaṭotkaca-vadha episode, the account of the night-battle and the specific combat between Karṇa and Ghaṭotkaca has reached the end of the (175th) chapter.
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