Shloka 73

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

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि अश्वानुसरणे त्रिसप्ततितमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi aśvānusaraṇe trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇതി ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ആശ്വമേധികപർവ്വത്തിൽ അനുഗീതാപർവ്വത്തിലെ അശ്വാനുസരണപ്രസംഗം സംബന്ധിച്ച എഴുപത്തിമൂന്നാം അധ്യായം.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्वमेधिके: in the Āśvamedhika (parvan)
• आश्वमेधिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parvan)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugītā-subsection
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अश्वानुसरणे: in (the episode of) following the horse
• अश्वानुसरणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वानुसरण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिसप्ततितमः: seventy-third (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिसप्तति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā-parvan
• Aśva (sacrificial horse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the Mahābhārata’s structure; its ethical import is indirect, emphasizing orderly transmission of sacred history and the framing of the Aśvamedha as a dharmic royal rite.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of Adhyāya 73 in the Aśvamedhika Parva, specifically within the Anugītā section and the episode of following the sacrificial horse.