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Shloka 74

अर्जुनस्य रथाश्वमोचनं कृष्णस्याश्वसेवा च

Arjuna’s Horses Freed; Krishna’s Equine Service

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि जयद्रथाश्वासे चतु:ःसप्ततितमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi pratijñāparvaṇi jayadrathāśvāse catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Droṇa-parvan—plus précisément du Pratijñā-parvan, dans l’épisode concernant Jayadratha—s’achève le soixante-quatorzième chapitre.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Droṇa-parvan

प्रतिज्ञापर्वणिin the Pratijñā-parvan

जयद्रथाश्वासेin the (section called) 'Jayadratha-āśvāsa' (concerning Jayadratha)

चतु:सप्ततितमःseventy-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Pratijñā Parva

Jayadratha

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?

Even a chapter-ending colophon highlights a central Mahābhārata concern: pratijñā (a vow) is not merely personal resolve but a moral commitment whose consequences unfold in the public arena of dharma and war.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the formal end of the seventy-fourth chapter within the Droṇa Parva, locating it inside the Pratijñā Parva and the Jayadratha-focused episode, thereby signaling a completed segment of the war narrative tied to vows and Jayadratha.