Shloka 66

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत सभापर्वके अन्तर्गत झ्टूतपर्वमें विदुरवाक्यविषयक छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Sabhāparvaṇi antar-gate Dyūtapārve Viduravākyaviṣayakaḥ ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် သီရိမဟာဘာရတ၏ သဘာပရဝ၌ ပါဝင်သော ဒျူတ (လောင်းကစား) အပိုင်းအတွင်း၊ ဝိဒုရ၏ အကြံဉာဏ်ကို အဓိကထားသော အခန်းခြောက်ဆယ်ခြောက် ပြီးဆုံးလေ၏—ဤအပိုင်း၌ သူ၏ ဓမ္မဆိုင်ရာ သတိပေးချက်များ၏ အဆုံးသတ်ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

सभापर्वकेin/within the Sabha-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

द्युतपर्वणिin the Dyuta-parvan (dice episode section)

विदुरवाक्यविषयकconcerning Vidura's speech

षट्षष्टितमःsixty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Śrī Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Dyūta Parva

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?

This line functions as a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter centered on Vidura’s dharma-oriented counsel, underscoring the ethical framing of the dice-episode through wise admonition.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new event is narrated here; it is an editorial/structural closing statement marking the end of the sixty-sixth chapter in the Dyūta section of the Sabhā Parva.