Shloka 83
Rājagṛhe Magadheśvarasya yuddhāhvānam — Arjunena saṃyamaḥ
The Rājagṛha Challenge and Arjuna’s Restraint
इति श्रीमहा भारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि अश्वानुसरणे त्रयशीतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi aśvānusaraṇe trayāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारताच्या आश्वमेधिकपर्वातील अनुगीतापर्वात ‘अश्वानुसरण’ नामक त्र्याऐंशीवा अध्याय समाप्त।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the formal close of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s structure (Āśvamedhika Parva → Anugītā section), emphasizing the text’s concern with dharma as organized through narrative, ritual, and royal duty.
The chapter concludes with the heading-style closure indicating that the eighty-third chapter—associated with the ‘pursuit of the horse’ in the context of the Aśvamedha—has ended, marking a transition point in the ongoing account of the sacrificial horse’s course and its implications for sovereignty and order.