Shloka 69

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

अभिमन्युवध: पर्व प्रतिज्ञापर्व चोच्यते । जयद्रथवध: पर्व घटोत्कचवधस्तत:,इसके बाद अभिमन्युवधपर्व, प्रतिज्ञापर्व, जयद्रथवधपर्व और घटोत्कचवधपर्व हैं

Transliteration

abhimanyuvadhaḥ parva pratijñāparva cocyate | jayadrathavadhaḥ parva ghaṭotkacavadhas tataḥ |

Translation

Kasunod nito ang Parva ng pagpaslang kay Abhimanyu, na tinatawag ding Parva ng Panata; pagkatapos ay ang Parva ng pagpaslang kay Jayadratha, at saka ang Parva ng pagpaslang kay Ghaṭotkaca.

Word by Word

अभिमन्युवधःthe (section called) 'Slaying of Abhimanyu'

पर्वa book/section (parvan)

प्रतिज्ञापर्वthe (section called) 'Parvan of the vow'

चand

उच्यतेis said/is called

जयद्रथवधःthe (section called) 'Slaying of Jayadratha'

पर्वa book/section (parvan)

घटोत्कचवधःthe (section called) 'Slaying of Ghaṭotkaca'

ततःthen/thereafter

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Abhimanyu

Jayadratha

Ghaṭotkaca

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?

By listing these parvas in sequence, the text underscores how dharma-bound vows (pratijñā) and grief-driven resolve can propel warriors into escalating cycles of violence, where personal duty and collective catastrophe become tightly intertwined.

What is happening in the narrative?

A set of forthcoming narrative divisions is being named: the slaying of Abhimanyu, the vow-centered section, the slaying of Jayadratha, and then the slaying of Ghaṭotkaca—signposting major turning points in the war storyline.