Shloka 80

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि अनुद्यूतपर्वणि विदुरधृतराष्ट्रद्रोणवाक्ये अशीतितमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi anudyūtapārvaṇi vidura-dhṛtarāṣṭra-droṇa-vākye aśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारत के सभापर्व के अंतर्गत अनुद्यूतपर्व में विदुर-धृतराष्ट्र-द्रोणवाक्यविषयक अस्सीवाँ अध्याय समाप्त।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सभापर्वणि: in the Sabhā-parvan (Book of the Assembly Hall)
• सभापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुद्यूतपर्वणि: in the Anudyūta-parvan (the sub-book on the subsequent dice-game)
• अनुद्यूतपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुद्यूतपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विदुरधृतराष्ट्रद्रोणवाक्ये: in the section (titled) ‘the words/speech of Vidura, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Droṇa’
• विदुरधृतराष्ट्रद्रोणवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर-धृतराष्ट्र-द्रोण-वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अशीतितमः: eightieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Sabhā Parva
• Anudyūta Parvan
• Vidura
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Droṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse itself does not teach through argument but signals that the preceding discourse belongs to the ethical aftermath of the dice-game. Its implied lesson is structural and moral: counsel (especially Vidura’s) is recorded as a formal unit, highlighting accountability in rulership and the consequences of ignoring dharmic restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the conclusion of Adhyāya 80 in the Anudyūta portion of the Sabhā Parva. It indicates that the chapter’s content centered on speech/discourse involving Vidura, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Droṇa, and it formally closes that segment of the narration attributed to Vaiśaṃpāyana.