Shloka 193

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत नारायणास्त्रगोक्षपर्वमें अश्वत्थामाका क्रोधविषयक एक सौ तिरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Droṇaparvaṇi antargata-Nārāyaṇāstragokṣaparvaṇi Aśvatthāmanaḥ krodhaviṣayaka ekaśatatirānavatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Droṇa Parva—khususnya bahagian tentang pelepasan senjata Nārāyaṇa dan perlindungan lembu—bab ke-193 yang menghuraikan kemarahan Aśvatthāmā telah berakhir.”

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वकेin the Droṇa-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

नारायणास्त्रNārāyaṇa-weapon (Nārāyaṇāstra)

गोक्षपर्वणिin the Gokṣa-parvan (subsection)

अश्वत्थाम्नःof Aśvatthāman

क्रोधanger

विषयकconcerning/related to

एकone

शतhundred

त्रिthree

नवnine

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Nārāyaṇāstra

Aśvatthāmā

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?

The colophon highlights a recurring Mahābhārata ethic: uncontrolled krodha (wrath), especially when joined to extraordinary power (such as divine weapons), accelerates adharma and suffering. Even in a war setting, the text repeatedly frames restraint and discernment as morally superior to rage-driven action.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a chapter-ending colophon. It states that the chapter focused on Aśvatthāmā’s anger, situated within the Droṇa Parva and within the episode connected to the Nārāyaṇāstra and the protection of cows, has concluded.