Shloka 76
Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 77 — Saindhava resistance, Arjuna’s restraint, and Duḥśalā’s supplication
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वगेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें वज़दत्तकी पराजयविषयक छिह्वत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhikaparvake antargata anugītāparvaṇi vajradattakī-parājaya-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Sa ganitong paraan nagwakas ang ikapitumpu’t anim na kabanata, hinggil sa pagkatalo ni Vajradatta, sa bahaging Anugītā ng Aśvamedhika Parva ng banal na Mahābhārata.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it emphasizes textual order and completion, framing the preceding account of victory and defeat within the epic’s broader moral universe where outcomes are ultimately situated under dharma and rightful rule.
The narrator signals that the seventy-sixth chapter has concluded; its subject was the defeat of Vajradatta within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva.