Shloka 61
याज्ञसेनी-प्रश्नः
Draupadī’s Question in the Assembly
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत ट्टूतपर्वमें झूतक्रीडराविषयक इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi antargate dyūtapārve dyūtakrīḍāviṣayaka ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Sabhā Parva, in the section concerning the dice episode (Dyūta Parva), the sixty-first chapter dealing with the subject of gambling and the dice-game is concluded. The closing formula signals a completed unit of narration, marking the end of a chapter that frames the dice-game as a decisive moral and political turning point, where lapses in restraint and judgment set the stage for wider conflict.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing the dice-game material as a complete, morally weighty unit: gambling (dyūta) is presented as a vice that undermines self-control, judgment, and righteous governance, and its consequences ripple outward into social and political catastrophe.
This is the formal closing statement of the sixty-first chapter within the Dyūta section of the Sabhā Parva. It signals that the narration on the dice-game topic has reached a chapter boundary and prepares the listener/reader for the next development in the unfolding crisis.