Shloka 77
बभ्रुवाहन-धनंजययोः संग्रामः
Babhruvāhana and Dhanaṃjaya’s engagement at Maṇipūra
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत आश्वमेधिकपववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वनें सैन्धवोंके साथ अर्जुनका युद्धविषयक सतदह्वत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhikaparvaṇi antargata anugītāparvaṇi saindhavānāṁ saha arjunasya yuddhaviṣayakaḥ saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the seventy-seventh chapter, concerning Arjuna’s battle with the Saindhavas, within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.