Shloka 77

आपद्धर्मे वैश्यवृत्तिः, विक्रय-निषेधाः, तथा ब्रह्म-क्षत्र-सम्बन्धः

Emergency Livelihood, Prohibited Trade, and Brahman–Kshatra Regulation

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

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中，尤以《王法训诫》（Rājadharmānuśāsana）一段而言，叙述羯迦耶国王事迹之第七十七章告终。此结尾题记表明一则训诫性篇章已毕，旨在阐明王权与治国之伦理责任。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (glorious) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharma-anushasana Parva (section)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• केकयराजस्य: of the king of Kekaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: केकयराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उपाख्यानविषयकः: concerning the episode (upakhyana)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपाख्यानविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तसप्ततितमः: seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Kekaya-rāja (King of Kekaya)

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.