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Shloka 77

Chapter 78: Royal Responsibility for Wealth, Social Order, and the Protection of Dvijas

Kekaya Exemplum

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कैकेयोपाख्याने सप्तसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kaikeyopākhyāne saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ketujuh puluh tujuh bagi episod Kaikeya dalam Śānti Parva Śrī Mahābhārata, dalam bahagian yang mengajarkan dharma para raja. (Kolofon penutup bab.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharmanushasana Parva (section on instruction in royal duties)

कैकेयोपाख्यानेin the Kaikeya-upakhyana (episode of Kaikeya)

सप्तसप्ततितमःseventy-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Kaikeya (as the named episode: Kaikeyopākhyāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it situates the material within the Mahābhārata’s instruction on rājadharma (the ethical and practical duties of kings) and marks the completion of a chapter in the Kaikeya episode.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it announces that, within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, the seventy-seventh chapter of the Kaikeyopākhyāna has concluded.