Mahabharata 7.84.81 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 84, Shloka 81

अलम्बुस-वधः

The Neutralization of Alambusa

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत प्रतिज्ञापवरमें अर्जुनको पुनः पाशुपतासत्रकी प्राप्तिविषयक इक्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvake antargata-pratijñāparvaṇi arjunasya punaḥ pāśupatāstraprāptiviṣayaka ekāśītitamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے درون پَرو کے تحت پرتِجْنیا پَرو میں ارجن کی دوبارہ پاشوپت استر کی حصولیابی کا بیان کرنے والا اکیاسیواں باب مکمل ہوا۔

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 (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वके: in the Drona-parvan section
• द्रोणपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रोणपर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि: in the Pratijna-parvan (sub-section)
• प्रतिज्ञापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पाशुपतास्त्रस्य: of the Pashupata weapon
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाशुपतास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्राप्ति: attainment
• प्राप्ति: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकाशीतितमः: eighty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीतितम
• 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 (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Droṇa Parva
• Pratijñā Parva
• Arjuna
• Pāśupata Astra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a war-centered narrative, power is not presented as merely technical skill: the text frames extraordinary capability (like divine weapons) as bound to vows, discipline, and moral accountability. The chapter-ending emphasis on a ‘pratijñā’ (pledge) highlights that commitments shape action and its ethical consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon spoken by Sañjaya, marking the end of the eighty-first chapter within the Droṇa Parva’s Pratijñā section. It summarizes the chapter’s subject as Arjuna’s renewed attainment of the Pāśupata weapon.