Shloka 59

Adhyāya 59: Vidura’s Admonition to Duryodhana after the Summons of Draupadī (सभा पर्व)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते सभापर्वणि द्यूतपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरशकुनिसंवादे एकोनषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत सभापवके अन्तर्गत झ्यूतपर्वमें युधिष्ठिस्शकुनिसंवादविषयक उनसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi dyūtapārvaṇi yudhiṣṭhira-śakuni-saṃvāde ekonaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «سَبها بارفا»—وخاصةً قسم «دْيُوتا» (القمار/لعبة النرد)—تنتهي هنا الفصل التاسع والخمسون، المتعلق بحوار يودهيشثيرا وشكوني. (وهذا تذييلٌ يَعلَم به ختام الفصل.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (quotation/closure marker)

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

सभापर्वणिin the Sabha-parvan

द्यूतपर्वणिin the Dyuta-parvan (dice section)

युधिष्ठिर-शकुनि-संवादेin the dialogue of Yudhishthira and Shakuni

एकोनषष्टितमःfifty-ninth (lit. one-less-than-sixtieth)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Dyūta Parva

Yudhiṣṭhira

Śakuni

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its ethical force is indirect: it frames the Dyūta episode as a defined narrative unit centered on Yudhiṣṭhira and Śakuni, highlighting the tension between dharma-oriented kingship and manipulative deceit that drives the gambling catastrophe.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking closure: it announces that the fifty-ninth chapter of the Sabhā Parva—within the Dyūta section—has concluded, and that its subject matter is the dialogue between Yudhiṣṭhira and Śakuni.