Shloka 54
युधिष्ठिरस्य द्यूते द्रव्यवर्णनम्
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Enumeration of Stakes in the Dice Match
इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि द्यूतपर्वणि दुर्योधनसंतापे चतु:ःपञ्चाशत्तमो<5ध्याय: ।। ५४ |। इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत सभापर्वके अन्तर्गत झ्टूतपर्वमें दुर्योधनसंतापविषयक चौवनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi dyūtapārvaṇi duryodhana-santāpe catuḥpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 54 ||
Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Sabhā Parva—bagian Dyūta—berakhirlah bab ke-54 yang membahas kepedihan Duryodhana.
घतरयाट्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when wrongdoing appears to succeed outwardly, it breeds inner unrest: the dice-game’s adharma culminates in 'santāpa'—torment—showing that unethical victory is unstable and psychologically corrosive.
This verse is a concluding colophon stating that the fifty-fourth chapter of the Sabhā Parva (within the dice-game section) has ended, and that its subject is Duryodhana’s distress.