Shloka 78

ध्वजवर्णनम् | Dhvaja-varṇanam

Description of War Standards

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत प्रतिज्ञापर्वमें सुभद्रा-विलापविषयक अठहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata-pratijñāparvaṇi subhadrā-vilāpa-viṣayakam aṭhāsaptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଦ୍ରୋଣପର୍ବ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ପ୍ରତିଜ୍ଞାପର୍ବରେ ସୁଭଦ୍ରା-ବିଲାପବିଷୟକ ଅଠହତ୍ତରତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner, way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारतम्: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वके: in the Drona-parvan section
• द्रोणपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रोणपर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included, contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• सुभद्राविलापविषयक: concerning Subhadra's lament
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अठहत्तरवाँ: seventy-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टसप्तति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Pratijñā Parvan
• Subhadrā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon underscores how the epic frames war not only through strategy and vows but also through their human cost: lamentation becomes an ethical mirror, reminding the listener that adharma in conflict yields enduring sorrow, and that vows (pratijñā) carry grave consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the concluding statement (chapter-ending colophon) announcing that the seventy-eighth chapter—centered on Subhadrā’s lament—has been completed within the Pratijñā section of the Droṇa Parva, as reported by Sañjaya.