Shloka 186

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि द्रोणवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे षडशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi droṇavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe ṣaḍaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଦ୍ରୋଣପର୍ବରେ, ଦ୍ରୋଣବଧପର୍ବର ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ, ସଂକୁଳ (ଘନଘୋର ଗୋଳମାଳ) ଯୁଦ୍ଧପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗରେ ଏକଶେ ଛୟାଶୀତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Droṇa-parvan
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the slaying of Droṇa
• द्रोणवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संकुलयुद्धे: in the confused/chaotic battle
• संकुलयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकुलयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षडशीत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-eighty-sixth
• षडशीत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षडशीत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Droṇavadha (slaying of Droṇa)
• Saṅkula-yuddha (confused battle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it frames the ethical weight of the surrounding narrative by formally situating it in the Droṇa-killing episode amid a chaotic battle, reminding the reader that the events occur within a larger moral inquiry into dharma under the pressures of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the end of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, within the Droṇavadha section, during the saṅkula (confused, tightly interwoven) fighting. It functions as a structural closure rather than direct speech content.