Shloka 87

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि अर्जुनप्रत्यागमने सप्ताशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi arjunapratyāgamane saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Aśvamedhika-Parva—im Abschnitt des Anugītā—das siebenundachtzigste Kapitel über Arjunas Rückkehr.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकेin the Ashvamedhika (parva)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parva)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita sub-parva

अर्जुनप्रत्यागमनेin (the section on) Arjuna's return

सप्ताशीतितमःthe eighty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Arjuna

Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā (Anugītāparvan)

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 line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it primarily teaches how the text is organized—marking the end of a chapter within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva. Its ethical significance is contextual: it frames the surrounding discourse as part of Yudhiṣṭhira’s post-war inquiry into dharma and proper conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes, identified as the eighty-seventh in the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva, and is associated with the episode/theme of Arjuna’s return (pratyāgamana). The colophon signals closure and locates the narrative within the broader post-Kurukṣetra aftermath.