Shloka 174
इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे अलम्बुषवधे चतु:सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<थध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhe alambuṣavadhe catuḥsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे अलम्बुषवधे चतु:सप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction; instead it frames the ethical atmosphere of the narrative: the war has entered night-fighting, a setting traditionally viewed as more disorderly and morally precarious, highlighting how adharma can spread when boundaries of time, method, and restraint erode.
The verse is an end-of-chapter marker stating that this is the 176th chapter of the Droṇa Parva, within the Ghaṭotkaca-slaying section, and that the chapter’s focus is the night-battle and the slaying of Alambuṣa.