Shloka 81

Saumadatti-vadha and Bhīma–Alambusa-saṃyoga (सौमदत्तिवधः तथा भीमालम्बुससंयोगः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि अर्जुनस्य पुन: पाशुपतास्त्रप्राप्तौ एकाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi pratijñāparvaṇi arjunasya punaḥ pāśupatāstraprāptau ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଦ୍ରୋଣପର୍ବର ପ୍ରତିଜ୍ଞାପର୍ବରେ ଅର୍ଜୁନଙ୍କ ପୁନଃ ପାଶୁପତାସ୍ତ୍ର-ପ୍ରାପ୍ତି ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନାକାରୀ ଏକାଶୀତିତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

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

• अर्जुनस्य: of Arjuna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पाशुपत: Pāśupata (of Paśupati/Śiva)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाशुपत
• Form: Neuter, Compound-member (stem form), Singular (as stem)

• अस्त्र: weapon; missile
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Compound-member (stem form), Singular (as stem)

• प्राप्तौ: in/at the obtaining (acquisition)
• प्राप्तौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• एकाशीतितमः: eighty-first
• एकाशीतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Pratijñā Parva
• Arjuna
• Pāśupata Astra
• Paśupati (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights an ethical principle common in the epic: extraordinary power (such as divine astras) is framed as something granted or regained through merit, discipline, and alignment with dharma—especially significant in a context of vows (pratijñā) and war.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon stating that the eighty-first chapter of the Droṇa Parva (within the Pratijñā section) concludes, and that its subject is Arjuna’s renewed attainment of the Pāśupata weapon.