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Shloka 193

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वण्यश्रवृत्थामक्रो थे त्रिनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇy aśvatthāmakrodhe trinavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणि अश्वत्थामक्रोधे त्रिनवत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ॥

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the discharge of the Nārāyaṇa-weapon

अश्वत्थामक्रोथेin (the episode of) Aśvatthāman's wrath

त्रिनवत्यधिकशततमःone hundred and ninety-three (i.e., the 193rd)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Mahabharata

Drona Parva

Nārāyaṇāstra

Aśvatthāman

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, uncontrolled anger and the use of overwhelming divine force signal a collapse of restraint; the colophon highlights that Aśvatthāman’s wrath becomes the moral driver of the episode, warning how passion can push conflict beyond dharmic limits.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a chapter-ending colophon: it closes a section of the Droṇa Parva focused on the release of the Nārāyaṇa weapon and identifies the chapter’s theme as Aśvatthāman’s anger, marking a transition to the next narrative unit.