Shloka 63

अध्याय ६४ — सभामध्ये क्रोध-निवारणम्

Restraint of wrath in the royal assembly

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत झ्वूतपर्वमें विदुरवाक्यविषयक तिरसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi antar-gata dyūtapārve vidura-vākya-viṣayakaḥ triṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the sixty-third chapter of the Dyūta (Dice) section within the Sabhā Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, a chapter centered on Vidura’s counsel.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

सभापर्वणिin the Sabha Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (therein)

द्यूतपर्वणिin the Dyuta Parva (Gambling section)

विदुरवाक्यविषयकःconcerning Vidura's speech

त्रिषष्टितमःsixty-third

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Dyūta Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter whose subject is Vidura’s counsel; its ethical thrust is that dharmic advice and moral clarity are formally recorded even when ignored amid escalating wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding the sixty-third chapter of the Dyūta section within Sabhā Parva, indicating that the portion focused on Vidura’s statements has been completed.