Shloka 33

Devanagari script

कड़क उवाच किं ते द्यूतेन राजेन्द्र बहुदोषेण मानद | देवने बहवो दोषास्तस्मात्‌ तत्‌ परिवर्जयेत्‌

Transliteration

kaḍaka uvāca kiṁ te dyūtena rājendra bahudoṣeṇa mānada | devane bahavo doṣās tasmāt tat parivarjayet ||

Translation

قال كَدَكَ: «يا ملكَ الملوك، يا واهبَ الكرامة، ما حاجتُك إلى القمار وهو مثقلٌ بكثيرٍ من العيوب؟ ففي ممارسة اللعب نفسها شرورٌ عديدة؛ لذلك ينبغي تركه.»

Word by Word

• कङ्कः: Kanka (name)
• कङ्कः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• द्यूतेन: with gambling; by gambling
• द्यूतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बहु-दोषेण: with many faults; greatly faulty
• बहु-दोषेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुदोष
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मानद: O giver of honor
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानद
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• देवने: in gambling; in the game of dice
• देवने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बहवः: many
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दोषाः: faults, evils
• दोषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that reason
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्)

• तत्: that (i.e., gambling)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परिवर्जयेत्: should avoid; should shun
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृज्
• Form: Optative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, परि

Speaker

कड़क उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaḍaka
• rājendra (the king addressed)
• dyūta (gambling)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Gambling is portrayed as inherently blameworthy and socially destructive; a ruler (and by extension anyone) should renounce it to preserve dharma, self-mastery, and public order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kaḍaka addresses a king respectfully and offers moral counsel, warning him that gambling brings many faults and urging him to abandon the practice.