Shloka 77

अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः

Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे द्रोणपराक्रमे सप्तसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe droṇaparākrame saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Bhīṣma Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Bhīṣma—amid the tangled and confused battle, in the account of Droṇa’s prowess, ends the seventy-seventh chapter.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: splendor; auspiciousness (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मपर्वणि: in the Bhīṣma-parvan
• भीष्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: in the section on the slaying of Bhīṣma
• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संकुलयुद्धे: in the confused/chaotic battle
• संकुलयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकुलयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपराक्रमे: in (the account of) Droṇa's prowess
• द्रोणपराक्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तसप्ततितमः: seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्तति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa