Shloka 174
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्माभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत घटोत्कचवधपर्वमें रात्रियुद्धके प्रसंगमें अलगम्बुषवधविषयक एक सौ चौहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhaprasaṅge alagambuṣavadhaviṣayaka ekaśatacatuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धप्रसङ्गे अलगम्बुषवधविषयकः चतुर्सप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon rather than a didactic verse, it teaches structurally: the epic frames violent events within named episodes, reminding the reader that war—especially night-fighting—tests dharma and restraint, and that each act (such as a slaying) is to be understood in its narrative and ethical context.
Sañjaya signals the completion of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva: within the Ghaṭotkaca-slaying section and the broader night-battle context, the chapter whose subject is the slaying of Alagambuṣa has ended.