Shloka 77
बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account
On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics
धुन्धुमाराच्च काम्बोजो मुचुकुन्दस्ततोडलभत् | मुचुकुन्दान्मरुत्तश्न मरुत्तादपि रैवत:
dhundhumārāc ca kāmbojo mucukundas tato ’labhat | mucukundān maruttaś ca maruttād api raivataḥ ||
毗湿摩说：由敦敦胡摩罗（Dhundhumāra）而出迦摩婆阇（Kāmboja）；由迦摩婆阇生牟朱昆达（Mucukunda）。由牟朱昆达生摩鲁多（Marutta），而摩鲁多又生赖瓦多（Raivata）。如此追述世系，是为保存正义诸王之记忆，并彰显王者职责在代代之间的延续不绝。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Itihāsa practice of preserving genealogies: remembering righteous rulers and the succession of kingship helps anchor dharma in historical continuity and models ideal royal responsibility across generations.
Bhīṣma is listing a sequence of ancestors and descendants—Dhundhumāra → Kāmboja → Mucukunda → Marutta → Raivata—within a broader genealogical account in the Śānti Parva.