Shloka 78

ध्वजवर्णनम् | Dhvaja-varṇanam

Description of War Standards

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत प्रतिज्ञापर्वमें सुभद्रा-विलापविषयक अठहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata-pratijñāparvaṇi subhadrā-vilāpa-viṣayakam aṭhāsaptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

Thus ends the seventy-eighth chapter of the Pratijñā-parvan within the Droṇa-parvan of the Śrī Mahābhārata, dealing with Subhadrā’s lament. The closing formula marks the completion of a section whose emotional focus is grief and remembrance amid the moral weight of war and vows.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner, way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारतम्: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वके: in the Drona-parvan section
• द्रोणपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रोणपर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included, contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि: in the Pratijna-parvan
• प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सुभद्राविलापविषयक: concerning Subhadra's lament
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अठहत्तरवाँ: seventy-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टसप्तति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Pratijñā Parvan
• Subhadrā