Shloka 77

बभ्रुवाहन-धनंजययोः संग्रामः

Babhruvāhana and Dhanaṃjaya’s engagement at Maṇipūra

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत आश्वमेधिकपववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वनें सैन्धवोंके साथ अर्जुनका युद्धविषयक सतदह्वत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhikaparvaṇi antargata anugītāparvaṇi saindhavānāṁ saha arjunasya yuddhaviṣayakaḥ saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత ఆశ్వమేధికపర్వాంతర్గత అనుగీతాపర్వమున సైంధవులతో అర్జునుని యుద్ధవిషయక డెబ్బైఏడవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: in the Aśvamedhika Parva
• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्वमेधिकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugītā Parva
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सैन्धवैः: with the Saindhavas
• सैन्धवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

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

• युद्धविषयकः: concerning the battle
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तसप्ततितमः: seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Saindhavas
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse functions as a colophon: it emphasizes textual and ethical framing—martial action is recorded not as mere violence but as an episode situated within dharma, royal responsibility, and the restoration of social order after the great war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana announces the completion of the seventy-seventh chapter describing Arjuna’s conflict with the Saindhavas, and locates it within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva.