Shloka 71

Aśvamedha-dīkṣā, Vyāsa’s horse-release, and Arjuna’s departure with Gāṇḍīva (आश्वमेधिक-दीक्षा तथा हय-उत्सर्गः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें श्रीकृष्ण और व्यासकी युधिष्ठिरको यज्ञ करनेके लिये आज्ञाविषयक इकह्ठत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvaṇi antargate anugītā-parvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇa-vyāsayoḥ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ yajñaṃ kartuṃ ājñā-viṣayaka ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Так завершается семьдесят первая глава раздела «Анугита» (Anugītā), входящего в «Ашвамедхика-парву» (Aśvamedhika Parva) «Шри Махабхараты», где Шри Кришна и Вьяса наставляют Юдхиштхиру властным предписанием совершить жертвенный обряд. Заключительная формула обозначает переход от совета к деянию и подчеркивает нравственный долг царя — восстановить порядок посредством должным образом утверждённого ритуала, согласного с дхармой.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वणिin the Ashvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded / contained (within)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita Parva

श्रीकृष्णस्यof Shri Krishna

व्यासस्यof Vyasa

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhishthira (as object)

यज्ञम्sacrifice

कर्तुम्to do / to perform

आज्ञाविषयकःconcerning an injunction/command

एकसप्ततितमःseventy-first

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā Parva

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Vyāsa

Yudhiṣṭhira

Yajña

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?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.