Shloka 77
आपद्धर्मे वैश्यवृत्तिः, विक्रय-निषेधाः, तथा ब्रह्म-क्षत्र-सम्बन्धः
Emergency Livelihood, Prohibited Trade, and Brahman–Kshatra Regulation
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें केकयराजका उपाख्यानविषयक सतह्तत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Śāntiparvaṇi antargate Rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi Kekayarājasya upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ saptasaptatitamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Rājadharmānuśāsana (pagtuturo hinggil sa dharma ng hari)—natapos ang ikapitumpu’t pitong kabanata, na tumatalakay sa salaysay na halimbawa tungkol sa Hari ng Kekaya. Ang pangwakas na kolofon na ito ang hudyat ng pagtatapos ng isang araling naglilinaw sa pananagutang etikal ng paghahari at pamamahala.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.