Shloka 77

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें केकयराजका उपाख्यानविषयक सतह्तत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Śāntiparvaṇi antargate Rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi Kekayarājasya upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ saptasaptatitamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் சாந்திபர்வத்தில், ராஜதர்மானுஷாசனப் பகுதியில், கேகய அரசன் உபாக்யானத்தைச் சார்ந்த எழுபத்தேழாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (glorious) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharma-anushasana Parva (section)

केकयराजस्यof the king of Kekaya

उपाख्यानविषयकःconcerning the episode (upakhyana)

सप्तसप्ततितमःseventy-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Kekaya-rāja (King of Kekaya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter within the Rājadharma instruction: it frames the preceding narrative about the King of Kekaya as an ethical exemplar meant to illuminate principles of righteous rule, responsibility, and governance within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not a narrative event but an editorial/structural closure: it announces that the seventy-seventh chapter—centered on the upākhyāna (illustrative tale) of the King of Kekaya—has ended within the Śānti Parva’s Rājadharmānuśāsana section.