Shloka 77
बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account
On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics
धुन्धुमाराच्च काम्बोजो मुचुकुन्दस्ततोडलभत् | मुचुकुन्दान्मरुत्तश्न मरुत्तादपि रैवत:
dhundhumārāc ca kāmbojo mucukundas tato ’labhat | mucukundān maruttaś ca maruttād api raivataḥ ||
Bhīṣma dit : De Dhundhumāra vint Kāmboja; de lui naquit Mucukunda. De Mucukunda vint Marutta, et de Marutta, à son tour, Raivata. Ainsi la lignée est-elle rappelée afin de garder la mémoire des rois vertueux et la continuité du devoir royal à travers les générations.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Itihāsa practice of preserving genealogies: remembering righteous rulers and the succession of kingship helps anchor dharma in historical continuity and models ideal royal responsibility across generations.
Bhīṣma is listing a sequence of ancestors and descendants—Dhundhumāra → Kāmboja → Mucukunda → Marutta → Raivata—within a broader genealogical account in the Śānti Parva.