Shloka 77

Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 77 — Saindhava resistance, Arjuna’s restraint, and Duḥśalā’s supplication

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि सैन्धवयुद्धे सप्तसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi saindhavayuddhe saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଅଶ୍ୱମେଧିକ ପର୍ବର ଅନୁଗୀତା ପର୍ବରେ ‘ସୈନ୍ଧବଯୁଦ୍ଧ’ ବିଷୟକ ସତସତ୍ତରତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ।

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious 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

• सैन्धवयुद्धे: in the battle with Saindhava (Jayadratha)
• सैन्धवयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धवयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तसप्ततितमः: seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्तति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītāparvan
• Saindhava (Sindhu king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it does not present a direct ethical teaching, but it frames the narrative within the Anugītā section and signals a transition in the text’s structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse functions as an editorial closure: it announces that the seventy-seventh chapter—identified by the theme ‘Saindhava-yuddha’ (battle involving the Saindhava/Sindhu king)—has concluded within the Aśvamedhika Parva’s Anugītā portion.