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Shloka 75

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते सभापर्वणि अनुद्यूतपर्वणि गान्धारीवाक्ये पञ्चसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi anudyūtapārvaṇi gāndhārīvākye pañcasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के सभापर्व के अन्तर्गत अनुद्यूतपर्व में गान्धारी-वाक्य-प्रसंग का पचहत्तरवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quote marker)

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

सभापर्वणिin the Sabha-parvan (Book of the Assembly Hall)

अनुद्यूतपर्वणिin the Anudyuta-parvan (section on the subsequent dice-game)

गान्धारीवाक्येin (the section of) Gandhari's speech

पञ्चसप्ततितमःseventy-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Anudyūta Parvan

Gāndhārī

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 line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse; it frames the ethical gravity of the surrounding narrative by marking the chapter as part of Gāndhārī’s admonitory discourse in the aftermath of the dice-game, where questions of dharma, restraint, and responsibility are foregrounded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding Adhyāya 75 of the Sabhā Parva, specifically within the Anudyūta (renewed dice-game) section and the episode labeled 'Gāndhārī’s words,' signaling the end of that chapter in the Gītā Press edition’s structuring.