Shloka 26
Śakuni–Duryodhana-saṃvāda: Dyūta-yojanā (Śakuni and Duryodhana on Planning the Dice-Game)
कथं भोजस्य पुरुषे वर्गपाले दुरात्मनि । समावेशयसे सर्व जगत् केवलकाम्यया,दुरात्मा कृष्ण तो राजा कंसका सेवक है, उनकी गौओंका चरवाहा रहा है। तुम केवल स्वार्थवश इसमें सारे जगत्का समावेश कर रहे हो
kathaṃ bhojasya puruṣe vargapāle durātmani | samāveśayase sarvaṃ jagat kevalakāmyayā ||
Śiśupāla sprach: „Wie kannst du, einzig von selbstsüchtigem Begehren getrieben, die Verehrung der ganzen Welt in einen Mann aus dem Geschlecht der Bhoja legen—einen Niedrigen und Verderbten, nicht mehr als einen Hüter der Herde?“
शिशुपाल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how public honor and moral judgment can be distorted by personal desire or factional interest; it also illustrates the ethical danger of slander—condemning a person by hostile labeling rather than by fair assessment of conduct.
During the royal assembly context, Shishupala publicly challenges the honoring of Krishna, portraying him as unworthy and accusing the decision-makers of including ‘the whole world’ in that honor out of selfish motives.