Shloka 84
शकुनेः पुत्रेण सह आश्वमेधाश्वविषयः संघर्षः — Arjuna’s restrained engagement with Śakuni’s son during the horse-escort
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपरववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें अश्चानुसरणके प्रसंगमें शकुनिपुत्रकी पराजयविषयक चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Āśvamedhika-parvaṇi antar-gate Anugītā-parvaṇi aśvānusaraṇa-prasaṅge Śakuni-putrasya parājaya-viṣayakaś caturāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ.
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಆಶ್ವಮೇಧಿಕ ಪರ್ವದೊಳಗಿನ ಅನುಗೀತಾ ಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ಅಶ್ವಾನುಸರಣ ಪ್ರಸಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ, ಶಕುನಿಪುತ್ರನ ಪರಾಜಯವನ್ನು ವಿವರಿಸುವ ಎಂಭತ್ತನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon-style closing, the verse does not teach a doctrine directly; it situates the episode within the dharmic frame of the Aśvamedha. The implied ethical context is that post-war sovereignty and ritual authority are narrated alongside accountability and the outcomes of aggression and resistance.
The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) marks the completion of a chapter in the Āśvamedhika Parva, within the Anugītā section, during the episode of following the sacrificial horse—specifically noting that this chapter concerns the defeat of Śakuni’s son.