Shloka 68

सभा-पर्यवसान-प्रस्थानवचनम् | Counsel at the Point of Departure

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत सभापरववके अन्तर्गत झ्टूतपर्वमें द्रौपदीको भरी सभागें खींचना' इस विषयसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला अड़सठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi antar-gata dyūtapārve draupadīṃ bharī sabhāyāṃ khīñcanam iti viṣayena sambandhaṃ rakhanēvālā aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภายในสภาปรรวะ ตอนทฺยูตะ (การเล่นสกา) บทที่หกสิบแปด ว่าด้วยเรื่อง ‘การลากพระนางเทราปทีเข้าสู่ท้องพระโรงอันแน่นขนัด’ ก็สิ้นสุดลง บทปิดท้ายย้ำว่า การประจานต่อหน้าสาธารณะและการบีบบังคับเป็นการละเมิดธรรมะอย่างร้ายแรง เป็นลางแห่งความเสื่อมทั้งทางศีลธรรมและการเมือง อันนำมหากาพย์ไปสู่สงคราม

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner / by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सभापर्वणि: in the Sabha Parva
• सभापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्यूतपर्वणि: in the Dyuta-parva (gambling section)
• द्यूतपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूतपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रौपदीम्: Draupadi
• द्रौपदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भरीसभायाम्: in the full assembly
• भरीसभायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरीसभा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• आकर्षणम्: dragging / pulling
• आकर्षणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकर्षण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quoted topic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• विषयेन: with the subject/topic
• विषयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सम्बन्धम्: connection / relation
• सम्बन्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रक्षत्: having/keeping (in relation) / pertaining
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Present (participle)

• अष्टषष्टितमः: sixty-eighth
• अष्टषष्टितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed / ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Sabhā Parva
• Dyūta Parva
• Draupadī
• Sabhā (royal assembly)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter-colophon highlights a central ethical lesson of the Dyūta episode: when power is used to legitimize coercion and public humiliation, dharma collapses at the very institution meant to uphold it (the royal assembly). The narrative frames Draupadī’s being dragged into court as a paradigmatic act of adharma with far-reaching consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding statement (colophon-style) marking the end of the sixty-eighth chapter within the Dyūta section of Sabhā Parva. It identifies the chapter’s subject as Draupadī being forcibly brought/dragged into the full assembly, a pivotal moment in the court that intensifies the conflict and sets the stage for later retaliation and war.