Shloka 74

अर्जुनस्य रथाश्वमोचनं कृष्णस्याश्वसेवा च

Arjuna’s Horses Freed; Krishna’s Equine Service

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि जयद्रथाश्वासे चतु:ःसप्ततितमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi pratijñāparvaṇi jayadrathāśvāse catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် «သီရိ မဟာဘာရတ» ၏ ဒ్రోဏပရဝ၌၊ ပရတိဉ္ဉာပရဝ၌၊ ဂျယဒြထနှင့် သက်ဆိုင်သော အပိုင်း၌ ခုနစ်ဆယ်လေးမြောက် အခန်း ပြီးဆုံး၏။

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Droṇa-parvan
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि: in the Pratijñā-parvan
• प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जयद्रथाश्वासे: in the (section called) 'Jayadratha-āśvāsa' (concerning Jayadratha)
• जयद्रथाश्वासे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथाश्वास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतु:सप्ततितमः: seventy-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतु:सप्तति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Pratijñā Parva
• Jayadratha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a chapter-ending colophon highlights a central Mahābhārata concern: pratijñā (a vow) is not merely personal resolve but a moral commitment whose consequences unfold in the public arena of dharma and war.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the formal end of the seventy-fourth chapter within the Droṇa Parva, locating it inside the Pratijñā Parva and the Jayadratha-focused episode, thereby signaling a completed segment of the war narrative tied to vows and Jayadratha.