Mahabharata 7.177.175 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 177, Shloka 175

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे कर्णघटोत्कचयुद्धि पडज्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

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

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారత ద్రోణపర్వాంతర్గత ఘటోత్కచవధపర్వములో రాత్రియుద్ధప్రసంగమున కర్ణ-ఘటోత్కచయుద్ధవిషయక నూట డెబ్బై ఐదవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Drona Parva
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the slaying of Ghatotkacha
• घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कचवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रात्रियुद्धे: in the night-battle
• रात्रियुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रियुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्णघटोत्कचयुद्धे: in the battle of Karna and Ghatotkacha
• कर्णघटोत्कचयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णघटोत्कचयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-seventy-fifth (chapter)
• पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Ghaṭotkaca
• Karṇa
• Rātriyuddha (night-battle)

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.