Shloka 2
Śakuni–Duryodhana-saṃvāda: Dyūta-yojanā (Śakuni and Duryodhana on Planning the Dice-Game)
को हि मां भीमसेनाद्य क्षितावहति पार्थिव: | क्षेप्तुं कालपरीतात्मा यथैष कुलपांसन:
ko hi māṁ bhīmasenādya kṣitāvahati pārthivaḥ | kṣeptuṁ kālaparītātmā yathaiṣa kulapāṁsanaḥ ||
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—হে ভীমসেন! আজি এই পৃথিৱীত কোন ৰজাই মোৰ ওপৰত এনেদৰে নিন্দা নিক্ষেপ কৰিব পাৰে? কেৱল যাৰ মন কালে (ভাগ্যই) গ্ৰাস কৰিছে—যেনে এই বংশকলঙ্ক শিশুপালে কৰিছে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ethical restraint in speech and the gravity of reviling elders or the virtuous; it also frames reckless insult as a symptom of being overpowered by Kāla (fate), implying moral blindness that precedes downfall.
In the royal assembly context, Śiśupāla is hurling accusations/insults. Bhīṣma addresses Bhīma, expressing that no rightful king would dare insult him unless driven by fate—thereby condemning Śiśupāla as a ‘disgrace to his lineage.’