Shloka 57

Chapter 57: Duryodhana’s Accusation and Vidura’s Counsel on Anger and Truthful Speech

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि द्यूतपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरानयने सप्तपड्चाशत्तमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi dyūtaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirānayane saptapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນີ້ ຈົບລົງເປັນບົດທີ 57 ໃນສະພາປະວະ ຂອງ ສຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ ໃນພາກ ດະຍູຕະ (ການພະນັນ) ວ່າດ້ວຍການເຊີນ/ເອີ້ນ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ມາ.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सभापर्वणि: in the Sabha-parvan
• सभापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्यूतपर्वणि: in the Dyuta-parvan (Gambling section)
• द्यूतपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूतपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरानयने: in (the episode of) bringing Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरानयने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर-आनयन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-seventh
• सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तपञ्चाशत्-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Sabha Parva
• Dyūta-parvan
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon marking the chapter’s end, but it highlights the ethical hinge of the Dyūta episode: when desire and manipulation draw a ruler into gambling, dharma becomes vulnerable to coercion and adharma gains institutional cover.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the close of the chapter in the Sabha Parva’s gambling section, specifically the episode about summoning/bringing Yudhiṣṭhira—setting the stage for the dice match and its cascading moral and political consequences.