Shloka 78

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

ततः पर्व परिज्ञेयमानुशासनिकं परम्‌ | स्वर्गारोहणिकं चैव ततो भीष्मस्य धीमत:,इसके बाद धर्माधर्मका अनुशासन करनेवाला आनुशासनिकपर्व है, तदनन्तर बुद्धिमान्‌ भीष्मजीका स्वर्गारोहणपर्व है

Transliteration

tataḥ parva parijñeyam ānuśāsanikaṁ param | svargārohaṇikaṁ caiva tato bhīṣmasya dhīmataḥ ||

Translation

Sau đó cần hiểu đến bộ «Ānuśāsanika Parva», phần tối thượng đặt ra lời giáo huấn về dharma và adharma. Tiếp theo là «Svargārohaṇika Parva», thuật việc bậc trí Bhīṣma thăng lên cõi trời.

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereafter

पर्वsection/book (parva)

परिज्ञेयम्to be known/should be understood

आनुशासनिकम्the Anuśāsanika (parva)/pertaining to instruction

परम्next/further

स्वर्गारोहणिकम्the Svargārohaṇika (parva)/pertaining to ascent to heaven

चand

एवindeed/just

ततःthereafter

भीष्मस्यof Bhīṣma

धीमतःof the wise/intelligent (one)

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

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?

The verse frames the epic’s ethical architecture: dharma is clarified through formal instruction (Ānuśāsanika), and the culmination of a life of vows and righteousness is shown through Bhīṣma’s final transition (Svargārohaṇika), linking moral teaching with its ultimate consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a catalog-style statement naming the sequence of major sections (parvas): first the Ānuśāsanika Parva, focused on authoritative guidance about right and wrong conduct, and then the Svargārohaṇika Parva, recounting the wise Bhīṣma’s ascent to heaven.