Shloka 31
अध्याय ३१ — द्रोणानीके तुमुलसंग्रामः
The Tumultuous Battle around Droṇa’s Formation
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि संशप्तकवधपर्वणि नीलवधे एकत्रिंशो5ध्याय: ।। ३३ |। इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत संशप्तकवधपर्वमें नीलवधविषयक इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi saṁśaptakavadha-parvaṇi nīlavadhe ekatriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ || 33 ||
इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि संशप्तकवधपर्वणि नीलवधे एकत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches textual and narrative orientation: it frames the episode as part of an ordered epic account, reminding the reader that individual acts of killing in war are embedded within a larger moral and historical narrative that the tradition preserves and scrutinizes.
Sañjaya signals the end of the thirty-first chapter of the Droṇa Parva, specifically the portion dealing with the slaying of Nīla within the broader Saṁśaptaka-slaying section.