Shloka 175

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे कर्णघटोत्कचयुद्धि पडज्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत घटोत्कचवधपर्वमें रात्रियुद्धके प्रयंगगें कर्ण और घटोत्कचका युद्धविषयक एक सौ पचहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi ghaṭotkacavadhaparvaṇi rātriyuddhe karṇa-ghaṭotkacayuddhe pañcasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे कर्णघटोत्कचयुद्धविषयकः पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

घटोत्कचवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Ghatotkacha

रात्रियुद्धेin the night-battle

कर्णघटोत्कचयुद्धेin the battle of Karna and Ghatotkacha

पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-seventy-fifth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Ghaṭotkaca

Karṇa

Rātriyuddha (night-battle)

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?

As a colophon, the verse primarily signals closure rather than giving a direct moral maxim; yet it frames the episode as part of the night-battle and the Ghaṭotkaca-killing narrative, implicitly highlighting how war can erode customary restraints and push combatants toward extreme measures for victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya concludes the chapter: within Droṇa Parva’s Ghaṭotkaca-vadha episode, the account of the night-battle and the specific combat between Karṇa and Ghaṭotkaca has reached the end of the (175th) chapter.