Shloka 75

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें अर्जुनका वज्रदत्तके साथ युद्धविषयक पचहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītā-parvaṇi arjunasya vajradattena saha yuddha-viṣayakaḥ pañcasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the seventy-fifth chapter, concerning Arjuna’s battle with Vajradatta, within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वकेin the Ashvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded / contained

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita Parva

अर्जुनस्यof Arjuna

वज्रदत्तेनwith Vajradatta

सहtogether with

युद्धविषयकconcerning the battle

पञ्चसप्ततितमःseventy-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā Parva

Arjuna

Vajradatta

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes textual structure and closure. Ethically, it situates the battle episode within the broader post-war framework of dharma, where the exercise of power and the conduct of warfare are continually measured against righteous order and the restoration of stability.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana signals the completion of the chapter describing Arjuna’s battle with Vajradatta, noting that it belongs to the Anugītā section within the Aśvamedhika Parva. It is an editorial/narrative marker indicating the end of that chapter’s episode.