Shloka 73

अर्जुनस्य रथाश्वमोचनं कृष्णस्याश्वसेवा च

Arjuna’s Horses Freed; Krishna’s Equine Service

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत प्रतिज्ञापर्वमें अजुनप्रतिज्ञाविषयक तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāreṇa śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi antargate pratijñāparvaṇi arjunapratijñāviṣayakaḥ trayasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le soixante-treizième chapitre du Pratijñā-parvan, au sein du Droṇa-parvan du Śrī Mahābhārata, consacré au vœu d’Arjuna.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वकेin the Drona-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained

प्रतिज्ञापर्वणिin the Pratijna-parvan (vow section)

अर्जुनप्रतिज्ञाविषयकःconcerning Arjuna's vow

त्रिसप्ततितमःseventy-third

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

(भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Mahābhārata

Droṇa-parvan

Pratijñā-parvan

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?

The colophon highlights the ethical weight of a pratijñā (solemn vow): once undertaken, it becomes a binding commitment that shapes conduct and accountability, especially in a dharma-charged context like war.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a spoken verse by Bhīma but a concluding colophon stating that the seventy-third chapter—focused on Arjuna’s vow—has ended within the Pratijñā-parvan of the Droṇa-parvan.