Shloka 78

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

ततः पर्व परिज्ञेयमानुशासनिकं परम्‌ | स्वर्गारोहणिकं चैव ततो भीष्मस्य धीमत:,इसके बाद धर्माधर्मका अनुशासन करनेवाला आनुशासनिकपर्व है, तदनन्तर बुद्धिमान्‌ भीष्मजीका स्वर्गारोहणपर्व है

Transliteration

tataḥ parva parijñeyam ānuśāsanikaṁ param | svargārohaṇikaṁ caiva tato bhīṣmasya dhīmataḥ ||

Translation

এরপর ধর্ম ও অধর্মের বিধান-নির্দেশকারী পরম ‘আনুশাসনিক পর্ব’ জ্ঞাতব্য। তার পরে জ্ঞানী ভীষ্মের স্বর্গারোহণ বর্ণনাকারী ‘স্বর্গারোহণিক পর্ব’ আসে।

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereafter

पर्वsection/book (parva)

परिज्ञेयम्to be known/should be understood

आनुशासनिकम्the Anuśāsanika (parva)/pertaining to instruction

परम्next/further

स्वर्गारोहणिकम्the Svargārohaṇika (parva)/pertaining to ascent to heaven

चand

एवindeed/just

ततःthereafter

भीष्मस्यof Bhīṣma

धीमतःof the wise/intelligent (one)

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

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?

The verse frames the epic’s ethical architecture: dharma is clarified through formal instruction (Ānuśāsanika), and the culmination of a life of vows and righteousness is shown through Bhīṣma’s final transition (Svargārohaṇika), linking moral teaching with its ultimate consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a catalog-style statement naming the sequence of major sections (parvas): first the Ānuśāsanika Parva, focused on authoritative guidance about right and wrong conduct, and then the Svargārohaṇika Parva, recounting the wise Bhīṣma’s ascent to heaven.