Shloka 61

इति श्रीमहा भारते सभापर्वणि द्यूतपर्वणि देवने एकषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi dyūtapārvaṇi devane ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

এইদৰে পবিত্ৰ মহাভাৰতৰ সভাপৰ্বৰ দ্যূতপৰ্ব (দেৱন) অংশত একষট্টিতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল। এই সমাপ্তি-উক্তিয়ে জুৱাক কেন্দ্ৰ কৰি গঢ় লোৱা কাহিনিখণ্ডৰ পূৰ্ণতা সূচায়—য’ত কামনা, অহংকাৰ আৰু ৰাজনৈতিক গণনাই সংযমক ঢাকি দিয়ে, আৰু আগন্তুক গভীৰ নৈতিক পতন আৰু তাৰ পৰিণামৰ আগজাননী দিয়ে।

इतिthus; end-quote marker
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
श्री:
TypeNoun
Rootश्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
महाin the great (work)
महा:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
भारतेin the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)
भारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सभापर्वणिin the Sabhā-parvan (Book of the Assembly Hall)
सभापर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसभापर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
द्यूतपर्वणिin the Dyūta-parvan (Gambling section)
द्यूतपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootद्यूतपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
देवनेin the game; in gambling
देवने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
एकषष्टितमःsixty-first
एकषष्टितमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootएकषष्टितम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

M
Mahābhārata
S
Sabhāparvan
D
Dyūta-parvan
D
Devana (gambling/dice-play)

Educational Q&A

As a colophon, the verse itself teaches indirectly: it frames the dice-game episode as a complete unit, inviting reflection on how gambling (dyūta/devana) undermines self-mastery and dharma, and how moral lapses in governance lead to cascading social harm.

This line is the formal closing marker of the sixty-first chapter within the Dice-Game section of the Sabha Parva, signaling that the preceding events of the gambling episode have reached a chapter boundary in the text’s traditional division.