Shloka 181

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे कृष्णवाक्ये एकाशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhe kṛṣṇavākye ekāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di bawah Droṇa Parva—khususnya dalam bahagian tentang pembunuhan Ghaṭotkaca—dalam pertempuran malam, pada bab yang dikenali sebagai “Kata-kata Kṛṣṇa”, berakhirlah bab ke-seratus lapan puluh satu. Kolofon ini membingkai episod tersebut sebagai titik perubahan yang sarat muatan moral dalam perang malam, ketika nasihat dan strategi ditonjolkan di tengah keganasan yang kian memuncak.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the venerable/auspicious (work)

महाgreat

भारतेin the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan (book/section)

घटोत्कचवधपर्वणिin the section on the slaying of Ghaṭotkaca

रात्रियुद्धेin the night-battle

कृष्णवाक्येin (the subsection titled) 'Kṛṣṇa's words/speech'

एकाशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-eighty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Ghaṭotkaca

Kṛṣṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights that decisive counsel (Kṛṣṇa’s guidance) operates within morally fraught wartime conditions—especially the night-battle—where dharma is tested by necessity, strategy, and the urgency to protect one’s side.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter marker stating that the 181st chapter concludes within Droṇa Parva, in the episode concerning Ghaṭotkaca’s death, set during the night-battle and associated with Kṛṣṇa’s speech.