Shloka 77

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

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภาคอัศวเมธิกะ ตอนอนุคีตา บทว่าด้วยศึกของอรชุนกับชาวไสณฑวะ บทที่เจ็ดสิบเจ็ดจึงสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī Mahābhārata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वणिin the Aśvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugītā Parva

सैन्धवैःwith the Saindhavas

सहtogether with

अर्जुनस्यof Arjuna

युद्धविषयकःconcerning the battle

सप्तसप्ततितमःseventy-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Saindhavas

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.