Shloka 76

Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 77 — Saindhava resistance, Arjuna’s restraint, and Duḥśalā’s supplication

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वगेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें वज़दत्तकी पराजयविषयक छिह्वत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhikaparvake antargata anugītāparvaṇi vajradattakī-parājaya-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

So endet das sechsundsiebzigste Kapitel, das von der Niederlage Vajradattas handelt, im Anugītā-Abschnitt des Aśvamedhika-Parva des heiligen Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीvenerable/holy (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

अश्वमेधिकAshvamedhika (pertaining to the Ashvamedha-parvan)

पर्वणिin the Parva/section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained within

अनुगीताin the Anugita

पर्वणिin the sub-parva/section

वज्रदत्तof Vajradatta

पराजयof the defeat

विषयकconcerning

षट्सप्ततितमःseventy-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā Parva

Vajradatta

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 functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it emphasizes textual order and completion, framing the preceding account of victory and defeat within the epic’s broader moral universe where outcomes are ultimately situated under dharma and rightful rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals that the seventy-sixth chapter has concluded; its subject was the defeat of Vajradatta within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva.