Shloka 87

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपरववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वरमें अजुनका प्रत्यागगनविषयक सतासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvaṇi antar-gataṃ anugītā-parvaṇi arjunasya pratyāgamanaviṣayakaḥ saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» المقدّسة، ضمن «بارفا الأشفاميدهيكا» وفي قسم «الأَنُوغيتا»، ينتهي الفصل السابع والثمانون المتعلّق بعودة أرجونا. وهذه خاتمةٌ (كولوفون) تُثبت انقضاء وحدةٍ سردية، وتضع هذا الحدث في الإطار الأخلاقي الأوسع لإعادة البناء بعد الحرب، وإعادة توجيه المُلك نحو الدارما بعد الخراب.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वणिin the Ashvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (therein)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita Parva section

अर्जुनस्यof Arjuna

प्रत्यागमनविषयकःconcerning the return (journey)

सप्ताशीतितमःeighty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā Parva

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it emphasizes textual closure and context—placing Arjuna’s return within the Āśvamedhika Parva and the Anugītā section, which broadly frames post-war life as a return to dharma, restraint, and responsible kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the completion of a chapter focused on Arjuna’s return. It functions as an editorial marker that the relevant adhyāya has ended within the larger structure of the Mahābhārata’s Āśvamedhika Parva.