Shloka 73
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत झ्यूतपर्वमें धृतराष्ट्रवरदानपूर्वक युधिष्ठिरका इन्द्रप्रस्थगमनविषयक तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iṣa prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Sabhāparvaṇi antargata Dyūtapārve Dhṛtarāṣṭra-varadāna-pūrvakaṃ Yudhiṣṭhirasya Indraprastha-gamana-viṣayakaḥ tritīya-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Sabhā Parva, in the Dyūta (Gambling) section, the seventy-third chapter—concerning Yudhiṣṭhira’s departure for Indraprastha, preceded by the granting of boons by Dhṛtarāṣṭra—comes to its close.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the verse highlights the framing of events: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s boons enable Yudhiṣṭhira’s movement back toward Indraprastha, illustrating how royal authority can temporarily correct or soften crises. Ethically, it points to the tension between expedient political remedies (boons, concessions) and deeper accountability for wrongdoing that may still remain.
The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) marks the end of the seventy-third chapter within the Dyūta section of the Sabhā Parva, summarizing its topic: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s granting of boons and the matter of Yudhiṣṭhira’s departure/going to Indraprastha.