Shloka 190

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि द्रोणवधपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरासत्यक थने नवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi droṇavadhaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirāsatyakathane navatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Droṇa Parva—khususnya bahagian tentang pembunuhan Droṇa—berakhirlah bab yang ke-seratus sembilan puluh, yang mengisahkan ketidakbenaran kata-kata Yudhiṣṭhira. Kolofon ini menandai titik perubahan etika yang amat berat dalam perang: desakan untuk menang memaksa bahkan raja yang paling terikat pada dharma mengucapkan pernyataan yang tercemar, memperlihatkan bagaimana peperangan menghakis kejernihan moral dan membebankan tanggungjawab yang berpanjangan kepada orang yang benar.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan (book/section)

द्रोणवधपर्वणिin the Droṇa-slaying sub-parvan

युधिष्ठिरासत्यकथनेin the narration of Yudhiṣṭhira's untruth

नवत्यधिकशततमःone hundred and ninetieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Droṇavadha Parva

Yudhiṣṭhira

Droṇa

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 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.