Shloka 57

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत झ्टूतपर्वमें युधिष्ठिरके बुलानेसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला सत्तावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi antargate dyūtapārve yudhiṣṭhirasya bulānena sambandhaṃ rakhanevālaḥ saptapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ସଭାପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଦ୍ୟୂତପର୍ବରେ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିରଙ୍କୁ ଡାକିବା ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧୀୟ ସତ୍ତାବନତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

सभापर्वणिin the Sabha-parvan

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

द्यूतपर्वणिin the Dyuta-parvan

युधिष्ठिरस्यof Yudhishthira

आह्वानेनby the calling/summoning

सम्बन्धम्connection/relation

रक्षन्having/keeping (maintaining)

सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमःfifty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Yudhiṣṭhira

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?

As a colophon-style closing, it does not teach through a direct maxim; instead it frames the ethical arc: a seemingly formal summons initiates a chain of choices where duty, consent, and responsibility become central, foreshadowing the moral crisis of the dice episode.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the completion of a chapter in the Dyūta episode within Sabhā Parva, specifically connected with Yudhiṣṭhira being called to the assembly—setting up the next developments of the dice-game narrative.