Shloka 76

Arjuna Confronted by Saindhava Forces during the Aśvamedha Circuit (श्वेतवाहनस्य सैन्धवसंघर्षः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि वज्रदत्तपराजये षट्सप्ततितमो<ड्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi vajradattaparājaye ṣaṭsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇതി ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ആശ്വമേധികപർവത്തിലെ അനുഗീതാപർവത്തിൽ വജ്രദത്തപരാജയവിഷയക എഴുപത്തിയാറാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തം.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (end-quotation marker)
• इति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• आश्वमेधिके: in the Aśvamedhika (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

• वज्रदत्तपराजये: in (the episode of) the defeat of Vajradatta
• वज्रदत्तपराजये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रदत्तपराजय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षट्सप्ततितमः: the seventy-sixth
• षट्सप्ततितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्सप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītāparvan
• Vajradatta

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: its function is to formally close the chapter and locate it within the Mahābhārata’s structure (Parva and sub-parva). Indirectly, it emphasizes orderly transmission of tradition and the framing of events—such as victory and defeat—within a broader dharmic and instructional setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals that the chapter dealing with ‘Vajradatta’s defeat’ has concluded. It does not narrate events itself, but marks the end of that episode and prepares the reader for the next chapter in the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva.