Shloka 74

प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः

Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि त्रिगर्तपरा भवे चतुःसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi trigartaparā bhave catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ആശ്വമേധികപർവ്വത്തിലെ അനുഗീതാപർവ്വത്തിൽ ത്രിഗർത്തരുടെ പരാഭവത്തെ സംബന്ധിക്കുന്ന എഴുപത്തിനാലാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugita sub-parva
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिगर्तपरा: having the Trigartas as the main subject
• त्रिगर्तपरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिगर्तपर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भवे: in the section/topic (bhava)
• भवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुःसप्ततितमः: seventy-fourth
• चतुःसप्ततितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःसप्तति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parvan
• Anugītā
• Trigarta(s)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon. Its function is to close the chapter and locate it within the Āśvamedhika Parvan’s Anugītā section, which broadly emphasizes post-war ethical reflection, restraint, and dharma-oriented understanding.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśaṃpāyana) signals the end of the seventy-fourth chapter, identifying it as connected with the Trigartas and indicating that the chapter’s subject has concluded and the text will proceed to what follows.