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Shloka 70

Kuntī’s Consolation to Draupadī and Lament for the Dispossessed Pandavas (सभा पर्व, अध्याय 70)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि द्यूतपर्वणि भीमवाक्ये सप्ततितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi dyūtaparvaṇi bhīmavākye saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Sabhā Parva—cụ thể là Dyūta Parva—chương thứ bảy mươi, gọi là “Lời của Bhīma”, đến đây kết thúc.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quote marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

सभापर्वणिin the Sabhā-parvan (Book of the Assembly Hall)

द्यूतपर्वणिin the Dyūta-parvan (Gambling section)

भीमवाक्येin (the section called) Bhīma’s speech

सप्ततितमःthe seventieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Dyūta Parva

Bhīma

Vaiśampāyana

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, the line itself teaches by framing: it signals that the preceding narrative belongs to the gambling episode, where dharma is tested and voices like Bhīma’s function as moral protest against injustice and humiliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing marker of the seventieth chapter in Sabhā Parva, within the Dyūta Parva, indicating that the chapter centered on Bhīma’s speech has concluded and the text is transitioning to the next unit.