Shloka 78
इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि सैन्धवपराजये अष्टसप्ततितमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi saindhavaparājaye aṣṭasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Aśvamedhika Parva—specifically in the Anugītā section—at the episode concerning the defeat of the Sindhu king (Saindhava), ends the seventy-eighth chapter.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its function is to close the chapter and locate it within the Mahābhārata’s post-war framework (Anugītā), where ethical reflection and the re-establishment of dharma are foregrounded after the violence of the war.
The text signals the end of Adhyāya 78 in the Aśvamedhika Parva, within the Anugītā section, tied to the episode labeled ‘Saindhava’s defeat’—a narrative marker referencing the downfall of Saindhava (Jayadratha) as part of the broader war-and-aftermath storyline.