Shloka 73

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत झ्यूतपर्वमें धृतराष्ट्रवरदानपूर्वक युधिष्ठिरका इन्द्रप्रस्थगमनविषयक तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iṣa prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Sabhāparvaṇi antargata Dyūtapārve Dhṛtarāṣṭra-varadāna-pūrvakaṃ Yudhiṣṭhirasya Indraprastha-gamana-viṣayakaḥ tritīya-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Sabhā Parva, bagian Dyūta Parva, berakhirlah bab ke-73 tentang keberangkatan Yudhiṣṭhira ke Indraprastha, didahului oleh penganugerahan anugerah oleh Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

सभापर्वकेin the Sabha-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

द्यूतपर्वणिin the Dyuta-parvan (gambling episode)

धृतराष्ट्रवरदानपूर्वकwith/preceded by Dhritarashtra's boon-giving

युधिष्ठिरस्यof Yudhishthira

इन्द्रप्रस्थगमनविषयकconcerning the going to Indraprastha

त्रिसप्ततितमःseventy-third

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःwas completed/ended

अभवत्was

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Dyūta Parva

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Yudhiṣṭhira

Indraprastha

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?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.