Shloka 68

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

पर्वोक्ते भगवद्वीता पर्व भीष्मवधस्तत: । द्रोणाभिषेचनं पर्व संशप्तकवधस्तत:,इसके बाद क्रमश: भगवदगीता, भीष्मवध, द्रोणाभिषेक तथा संशप्तकवधपर्व हैं

Transliteration

parvokte bhagavadgītā parva bhīṣmavadhastataḥ | droṇābhiṣecanaṃ parva saṃśaptakavadhastataḥ ||

Translation

Описав предшествующий раздел, повествование далее по порядку перечисляет следующие парвы: сперва Парва «Бхагавадгита», затем Парва о гибели Бхишмы, после неё Парва о посвящении Дроны в главнокомандующие, и далее Парва, повествующая об истреблении самшаптаков.

Word by Word

पर्वोक्तेin the (context) stated as a parvan / in the parvan-description

भगवद्गीताthe Bhagavadgītā

पर्वthe parvan/section

भीष्मवधःthe slaying of Bhīṣma

ततःthen/thereafter

द्रोणाभिषेचनम्the consecration/anointing of Droṇa

पर्वthe parvan/section

संशप्तकवधःthe slaying of the Saṃśaptakas

ततःthen/thereafter

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhagavadgītā

Bhīṣma

Droṇa

Saṃśaptakas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse’s main purpose is not doctrinal instruction but textual orientation: it maps the sequence of upcoming Parvas, implicitly showing that ethical-spiritual counsel (Bhagavadgītā) is embedded within the unfolding war narrative and precedes major turning points like Bhīṣma’s fall and Droṇa’s command.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker is listing, in order, the next major divisions of the Mahābhārata’s war account: the Bhagavadgītā section, the account of Bhīṣma’s fall, the installation of Droṇa as commander, and the destruction of the Saṃśaptaka warriors.