Shloka 74
वज्रदत्तेन सह अर्जुनयुद्धम्
Arjuna’s engagement with Vajradatta during the Aśvamedha circuit
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें त्रिगतोंकी पराजयविषयक चौहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata Āśvamedhika-parvake antargata Anugītā-parvameṃ Trigatānāṃ parājaya-viṣayaka catuḥsaptatitamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Sa gayon nagwakas ang ika-74 na kabanata ng bahaging Anugītā sa loob ng Aśvamedhika Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, hinggil sa pagkatalo ng mga Trigarta.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes closure and thematic labeling—highlighting that the chapter’s subject is the Trigartas’ defeat, implicitly pointing to the moral weight of outcomes in conflict and the narrative accounting of actions and consequences.
The speaker (Vaiśampāyana) signals the formal end of a chapter within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva, specifying that the completed chapter treated the defeat of the Trigartas.