Shloka 77
ययाति-देवयानी-शर्मिष्ठा विवादः — Śukra’s Curse and the Disclosure of Lineage
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें ययात्युपाख्यानविषयक सतहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata ādiparvake antargataṃ sambhavaparvaṇi yayātyupākhyānaviṣayakaḥ satahattaravāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత ఆదిపర్వాంతర్గత సంభవపర్వములో యయాత్యుపాఖ్యాన విషయక డెబ్బై ఏడవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line itself teaches by structure: it signals completion of a moral-genealogical unit (the Yayāti episode) within the epic’s origin narrative, reminding the reader that stories of lineage and kingship are framed to highlight ethical causality—how choices rooted in desire, duty, and restraint shape dynastic outcomes.
The speaker’s line is an editorial/narrative closure: it announces that the seventy-seventh chapter, whose subject is the Yayāti episode, has concluded within the Sambhava section of the Ādi Parva of the Mahābhārata.