Shloka 77
दुर्योधनकवचविमर्शः
Duryodhana’s Armor and the Tactical Reassessment
इति श्रीमहा भारते द्रोणपर्वणि प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि सुभद्राश्चासने सप्तसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi pratijñāparvaṇi subhadrāśvāsane saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the seventy-seventh chapter in the Pratijñā-parvan section of the Droṇa Parva of the revered Mahābhārata, known as “Subhadrā’s Consolation.” This closing colophon signals the completion of a narrative unit in which vows and their moral weight are foregrounded, and the human cost of war is acknowledged through the act of consoling the bereaved.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid vows and martial resolve, dharma requires recognition of suffering: the epic frames war not only through strategy and oaths but also through grief and the ethical necessity of consolation and restraint.
This is a colophon marking the end of the seventy-seventh chapter within the Pratijñā-parvan of the Droṇa Parva, identifying the chapter’s theme/title as “Subhadrā’s Consolation.”