Shloka 186

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि द्रोणवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे षडशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi droṇavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe ṣaḍaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతంలోని ద్రోణపర్వంలో, ద్రోణవధపర్వాంతర్గతంగా, సంకుల (అతి గందరగోళ) యుద్ధప్రసంగంలో నూట ఎనభై ఆరవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

द्रोणवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Droṇa

संकुलयुद्धेin the confused/chaotic battle

षडशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-eighty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Droṇavadha (slaying of Droṇa)

Saṅkula-yuddha (confused 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?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it frames the ethical weight of the surrounding narrative by formally situating it in the Droṇa-killing episode amid a chaotic battle, reminding the reader that the events occur within a larger moral inquiry into dharma under the pressures of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the end of a chapter in the Droṇa Parva, within the Droṇavadha section, during the saṅkula (confused, tightly interwoven) fighting. It functions as a structural closure rather than direct speech content.