Shloka 196
इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणि अर्जुनवाक्ये षण्णवत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi nārāyaṇāstramokṣaparvaṇi arjunavākye ṣaṇṇavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि नारायणास्त्रमोक्षपर्वणि अर्जुनवाक्ये षण्णवत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid total war, the Mahābhārata repeatedly frames the use of extraordinary power—especially divine weapons—as an ethical burden. The colophon reminds the reader that such episodes are not mere spectacle: they test restraint, obedience to dharma, and responsibility for consequences.
This line is a concluding colophon that closes a chapter within Droṇa Parva, specifically the episode about the release of the Nārāyaṇa weapon, and notes that the chapter’s framing voice here is ‘Arjuna’s words.’ It functions as a textual marker rather than a spoken battlefield verse.