Shloka 64
अध्याय ६४ — सभामध्ये क्रोध-निवारणम्
Restraint of wrath in the royal assembly
इति श्रीमहा भारते सभापर्वणि द्यूतपर्वणि विदुरहितवाक्ये चतुष्षष्टितमो5ध्याय: ।। ६४ ।। इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत सभापवके अन्तर्गत ट्यूतपर्वमें विदुरके हितकारक वचनविषयक चौसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi dyūtapārvaṇi vidurahita-vākye catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 64 ||
ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత సభాపర్వంలోని ద్యూతపర్వంలో విదురహితవాక్యమనే చతుష్షష్టితమ అధ్యాయం (64) సమాప్తమైంది.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter’s closing colophon highlights Vidura’s role as a voice of dharma: wise, welfare-oriented counsel should be offered even in morally collapsing situations, and the narrative frames such counsel as authoritative regardless of whether rulers accept it.
This verse is a formal concluding statement (colophon) marking the end of Sabha Parva, Dyūta Parva, Adhyāya 64, which centers on Vidura’s beneficial admonitions delivered in the context of the dice-game crisis at the Kuru court.