Shloka 61
याज्ञसेनी-प्रश्नः
Draupadī’s Question in the Assembly
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत ट्टूतपर्वमें झूतक्रीडराविषयक इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi antargate dyūtapārve dyūtakrīḍāviṣayaka ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Demikianlah, dalam Mahābhārata yang mulia, dalam Sabhā Parva, pada bahagian yang menyentuh peristiwa permainan dadu (Dyūta Parva), tamatlah bab keenam puluh satu yang membicarakan hal perjudian dan permainan dadu. Rumusan penutup ini menandai selesainya satu unit penceritaan, serta menegaskan titik balik moral dan politik yang menentukan, ketika kelalaian menahan diri dan salah pertimbangan membuka jalan kepada pertikaian yang lebih besar.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing the dice-game material as a complete, morally weighty unit: gambling (dyūta) is presented as a vice that undermines self-control, judgment, and righteous governance, and its consequences ripple outward into social and political catastrophe.
This is the formal closing statement of the sixty-first chapter within the Dyūta section of the Sabhā Parva. It signals that the narration on the dice-game topic has reached a chapter boundary and prepares the listener/reader for the next development in the unfolding crisis.