Shloka 71
Aśvamedha-dīkṣā, Vyāsa’s horse-release, and Arjuna’s departure with Gāṇḍīva (आश्वमेधिक-दीक्षा तथा हय-उत्सर्गः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें श्रीकृष्ण और व्यासकी युधिष्ठिरको यज्ञ करनेके लिये आज्ञाविषयक इकह्ठत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvaṇi antargate anugītā-parvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇa-vyāsayoḥ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ yajñaṃ kartuṃ ājñā-viṣayaka ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Assim termina o septuagésimo primeiro capítulo da seção Anugītā, inserida no Aśvamedhika Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, no qual Śrī Kṛṣṇa e Vyāsa instruem Yudhiṣṭhira com uma injunção de autoridade para empreender um rito sacrificial. A fórmula de encerramento enquadra o episódio como passagem do conselho à ação, enfatizando o dever ético do rei de restaurar a ordem por meio de um ritual devidamente sancionado.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.