Shloka 190
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्मा भारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत द्रोणवधपर्वमें युधिष्ठिरका असत्यभाषणविषयक एक सौ नब्बेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata-droṇavadhaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirasya asatyabhāṣaṇa-viṣayakaḥ ekaśata-nabbēvāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత ద్రోణపర్వములోని ద్రోణవధపర్వమందు యుధిష్ఠిరుని అసత్యభాషణవిషయక నూట తొంభై తొమ్మిదవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon highlights the ethical crisis of the Droṇa episode: dharma in war can force choices where truthfulness, normally absolute, is pressured by strategic necessity. It frames Yudhiṣṭhira’s compromised speech as a pivotal moral event rather than a mere plot device.
This is an end-of-chapter colophon stating that the chapter (no. 199) in the Droṇa Parva—within the Droṇa-slaying section—has concluded, and that its subject was Yudhiṣṭhira’s speaking of untruth connected to the events leading to Droṇa’s fall.