Shloka 67

पुनर्द्यूत-समाह्वानम्

Renewed Summons to the Dice-Game and Exile Wager

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते सभापर्वणि द्यूतपर्वणि द्रौपदीप्रश्ने सप्तषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi dyūtapārvaṇi draupadīpraśne saptaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि द्यूतपर्वणि द्रौपदीप्रश्ने सप्तषष्टितमोऽध्यायः ॥

Word by Word

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

• श्री: glory; auspiciousness; honorific
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• द्रौपदीप्रश्ने: in the (section called) ‘Draupadī’s question’
• द्रौपदीप्रश्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदीप्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तषष्टितमः: sixty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Sabha Parva
• Dyūta Parva
• Draupadī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s framing highlights that Draupadī’s inquiry is fundamentally a dharma-question: in a setting corrupted by greed and power, ethical legitimacy (who has authority, what is just, what is lawful) must be examined rather than assumed.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon marking the end of Adhyāya 67 in the Sabha Parva, specifically within the gambling episode, concluding the portion centered on Draupadī’s question raised in the dice-hall.