Shloka 77

दुर्योधनकवचविमर्शः

Duryodhana’s Armor and the Tactical Reassessment

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि सुभद्राश्चासने सप्तसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi pratijñāparvaṇi subhadrāśvāsane saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ দ্ৰোণপৰ্বৰ প্ৰতিজ্ঞাপৰ্বত ‘সুভদ্ৰাৰ আশ্বাসন’ নামৰ সাতাত্তৰতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।

Word by Word

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

• श्री: splendor; honorific 'śrī'
• श्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, locative, singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Droṇa-parvan
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, locative, singular

• प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि: in the Pratijñā-parvan
• प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, locative, singular

• सुभद्रायाः: of Subhadrā
• सुभद्रायाः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभद्रा
• Form: Feminine, genitive, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• आसने: in the seat/session (chapter-heading formula)
• आसने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन
• Form: Neuter, locative, singular

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Numeral (indeclinable)

• सप्ततितमः: seventy-seventh
• सप्ततितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तति-तम
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Pratijñā-parvan
• Subhadrā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid vows and martial resolve, dharma requires recognition of suffering: the epic frames war not only through strategy and oaths but also through grief and the ethical necessity of consolation and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon marking the end of the seventy-seventh chapter within the Pratijñā-parvan of the Droṇa Parva, identifying the chapter’s theme/title as “Subhadrā’s Consolation.”