Shloka 78
इति श्रीमहा भारते सभापर्वणि अनुद्यूतपर्वणि युधिष्ठटिरवनप्रस्थाने5ष्टसप्ततितमो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi anudyūtapārvaṇi yudhiṣṭhiravanaprasthāne aṣṭasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि अनुद्यूतपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरवनप्रस्थानेऽष्टसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon signals a moral hinge in the epic: actions rooted in adharma—such as deceitful gambling and coercion—produce far-reaching suffering, yet dharma is tested and refined through restraint, fidelity to vows, and endurance during exile.
This is the chapter-ending colophon: Vaiśampāyana concludes the seventy-eighth chapter of the Anudyūta section within the Sabha Parva, thematically centered on Yudhiṣṭhira’s departure for the forest, marking the transition from courtly life to the Pāṇḍavas’ exile.