Shloka 61

याज्ञसेनी-प्रश्नः

Draupadī’s Question in the Assembly

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत ट्टूतपर्वमें झूतक्रीडराविषयक इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi antargate dyūtapārve dyūtakrīḍāviṣayaka ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Mahābhārata tôn kính, thuộc Sabhā Parva, trong phần nói về biến cố trò xúc xắc (Dyūta Parva), chương thứ sáu mươi mốt—bàn về việc cờ bạc và ván xúc xắc—đã khép lại. Lời kết này báo hiệu một đơn vị tự sự đã hoàn tất, đánh dấu bước ngoặt đạo lý và chính trị quyết định: nơi sự buông thả và phán đoán sai lầm mở đường cho xung đột rộng lớn về sau.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• 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: सभापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (therein)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• द्यूतक्रीडाविषयकः: concerning the gambling game
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्यूतक्रीडाविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकषष्टितमः: sixty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकषष्टितम
• 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 (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Sabhā Parva
• Dyūta Parva
• dyūtakrīḍā (dice-game)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing the dice-game material as a complete, morally weighty unit: gambling (dyūta) is presented as a vice that undermines self-control, judgment, and righteous governance, and its consequences ripple outward into social and political catastrophe.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement of the sixty-first chapter within the Dyūta section of the Sabhā Parva. It signals that the narration on the dice-game topic has reached a chapter boundary and prepares the listener/reader for the next development in the unfolding crisis.