Shloka 72

Traigarta Attempt to Seize the Aśvamedha Horse; Arjuna’s Restraint and Tactical Victory

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत आश्वमेधिकपरववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वरमें यज्ञसामग्रीका सम्पादनविषयक बह्त्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhikaparvaṇi antargata anugītāparvaṇi yajñasāmagrī-sampādana-viṣayakaḥ bahattaraḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಆಶ್ವಮೇಧಿಕಪರ್ವದ ಒಳಗಿನ ಅನುಗೀತಾಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಯಜ್ಞಸಾಮಗ್ರಿಯ ಸಂಪಾದನೆ ವಿಷಯಕ ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತೆರಡನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वणिin the Aśvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugītā Parva

यज्ञसामग्रीसम्पादनविषयकःconcerning the procurement of sacrificial materials

बहत्तरतमःseventy-second

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā Parva

yajña (sacrifice)

yajñasāmagrī (sacrificial materials)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights dharma expressed through careful completion of prescribed duties: even preparatory acts like arranging sacrificial materials are treated as ethically significant, requiring order, purity, and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter closing statement by Vaiśampāyana, marking the completion of the seventy-second chapter in the Anugītā section within the Āśvamedhika Parva, specifically on the topic of procuring and preparing materials for a sacrifice.