Shloka 71

Aśvamedha-dīkṣā, Vyāsa’s horse-release, and Arjuna’s departure with Gāṇḍīva (आश्वमेधिक-दीक्षा तथा हय-उत्सर्गः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें श्रीकृष्ण और व्यासकी युधिष्ठिरको यज्ञ करनेके लिये आज्ञाविषयक इकह्ठत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvaṇi antargate anugītā-parvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇa-vyāsayoḥ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ yajñaṃ kartuṃ ājñā-viṣayaka ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଆଶ୍ୱମେଧିକ ପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଅନୁଗୀତା ପର୍ବରେ ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣ ଓ ବ୍ୟାସ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିରଙ୍କୁ ଯଜ୍ଞ କରିବାକୁ ଆଜ୍ଞାରୂପେ ଉପଦେଶ ଦେଇଥିବା ଏକସପ୍ତତିତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner / by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: in the Ashvamedhika Parva
• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्वमेधिकपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included / contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugita Parva
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्रीकृष्णस्य: of Shri Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• व्यासस्य: of Vyasa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira (as object)
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्तुम्: to do / to perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Infinitive

• आज्ञाविषयकः: concerning an injunction/command
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आज्ञाविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकसप्ततितमः: seventy-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā Parva
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Vyāsa
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Yajña

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That royal action should proceed under dharmic authority: Yudhiṣṭhira is directed by Kṛṣṇa and Vyāsa to undertake yajña, presenting sacrifice as a sanctioned means to re-establish order, legitimacy, and ethical governance after upheaval.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon marking the end of the seventy-first chapter of the Anugītā section within the Āśvamedhika Parva, summarizing that Kṛṣṇa and Vyāsa have issued an injunction to Yudhiṣṭhira to perform a yajña.