Shloka 71

Aśvamedha-dīkṣā, Vyāsa’s horse-release, and Arjuna’s departure with Gāṇḍīva (आश्वमेधिक-दीक्षा तथा हय-उत्सर्गः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें श्रीकृष्ण और व्यासकी युधिष्ठिरको यज्ञ करनेके लिये आज्ञाविषयक इकह्ठत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvaṇi antargate anugītā-parvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇa-vyāsayoḥ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ yajñaṃ kartuṃ ājñā-viṣayaka ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

هكذا تنتهي الفقرة الحادية والسبعون من قسم «أنوگيتا» (Anugītā) ضمن «أشفاميدهيكا بارفا» (Aśvamedhika Parva) من «شري مهابهاراتا»، وفيها يوجّه شري كريشنا وڤياسا إلى يودهيشثيرا أمرًا ذا سلطانٍ شرعيّ (دهرما) بأن ينهض بطقسٍ قربانيّ. وتُبرز صيغة الخاتمة انتقال الحكاية من المشورة إلى الفعل، مؤكِّدةً واجب الملك الأخلاقي في إعادة النظام عبر شعيرةٍ مُجازةٍ على وجهها الصحيح.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner / by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: in the Ashvamedhika Parva
• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्वमेधिकपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included / contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugita Parva
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्रीकृष्णस्य: of Shri Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• व्यासस्य: of Vyasa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira (as object)
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्तुम्: to do / to perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Infinitive

• आज्ञाविषयकः: concerning an injunction/command
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आज्ञाविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकसप्ततितमः: seventy-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā Parva
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Vyāsa
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Yajña

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That royal action should proceed under dharmic authority: Yudhiṣṭhira is directed by Kṛṣṇa and Vyāsa to undertake yajña, presenting sacrifice as a sanctioned means to re-establish order, legitimacy, and ethical governance after upheaval.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon marking the end of the seventy-first chapter of the Anugītā section within the Āśvamedhika Parva, summarizing that Kṛṣṇa and Vyāsa have issued an injunction to Yudhiṣṭhira to perform a yajña.